At what times will the cardinals the following voices for a new pope?

Here is a look at some of those objects, and the meaning behind them.

Voice instruments

When the cardinals vote in the Sistine Chapel, they are in rows of simple wooden tables. On one side of the chapel a large table is set up for those who perform the mood, according to the Universi Dominici GregisOr UDG, one of the documents used to arrange the papal transition.

The room also contains voice instruments, including an urn to receive the ballot papers, a set of wooden balls and a needle and rope. The urn is used to collect the ballot papers, rectangular pieces of paper printed with the Latin expression “Eligo in Summum Pontificem” (“I choose as Supreme Pontiff”).

The ballot papers contain a space where every cardinal writes in the name of his chosen candidate. The ballot papers are placed in the urn and are removed to count after all cardinals voted.

The wooden balls are used to keep track of the ballot papers. The balls have written songs that correspond to the number of cardinals that vote in the conclave. While the ballot papers are counted, a supervisor removes one of the wooden balls for each mood, to ensure that the number matches the number of cardinals, According to the Catholic lawyerUsed to be a newspaper of the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ if the figures do not match, the ballot papers must be burned without being read and another mood is immediately carried out, according to the UDG

While the ballot papers are read, they are pierced with the needle by the word “eligo” and strung on the wire, “so that the ballot papers can be stored safer”, according to the UDG

The oath of confidentiality

The conclave is a secret setting, and many steps are taken to prevent leaks, including limiting the use of telephones by the cardinals, the internet and the newspapers.

The members of the College of Cardinals, the body that the Pope will choose, must also swear and sign an oath of confidentiality, according to the UDG the oath reads in part: “I will observe absolute and eternal confidentiality with anyone who is not part of the supreme pontin.”

The cardinals must also promise not to include anything in Vatican City during the elections. According to the oath, the punishment for breaking the oath is “automatic” excommunication.

The stove

The weekend before the conclave started, Vatican employees a simple stove installed In which ballot papers would be burned in the Sixtine Chapel. Fire personnel is also installed a chimney On the roof of the chapel, where the smoke leaves the building.

After each voting round, the ballot papers are mixed with chemicals that, when burned, broadcast black or white smoke. Black smoke means that the cardinals have not yet reached the required majority; White smoke means that a new pope has been chosen and voices is over.

The seal

At the start of the conclave, the Apostolic Palace, which contains the Sixtine Chapel, is closed to the public. On Wednesday, members of the pontifical Swiss guard beaded ropes with the seal of the guard at the inputs of the palace to guarantee privacy and to retain confidentiality for the cardinals.

The city council of Vatican was also planning to deactivate mobile telephone service on its territory for the duration of the conclave, from Wednesday afternoon.

The papal robes

After a pope has been chosen, he is taken to the ‘Room of Tears’, a small room next to the Sixtine Chapel, where he will put on the white papal cassock for the first time. Clothing Three sizes are prepared And kept in the room because no one knows who – or what size – will be the next pope.

The Chamber is known as the “Chamber of Tears” because there are defeats of earlier popes that are overwhelmed by emotion in the room and are moved to tears after election. After the pope has applied the robes, he is introduced to the public for the first time.