Watch Live with the start of Papal Conclave

Catholic Catholic voters gathered from five continents on Wednesday inside the Sistine Church in the Vatican for 2025 Conclave to determine the next Pope. The flavor was advancing exactly 16 days after the death of Pope Francis, 88, who led 1.4 billion Catholics in the world for 12 years.

It is impossible to say How long will the flavor continueBut many observers expect that 133 Cardinal voters will choose a new back within a few days.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Cardinals held a last bloc in the Church of St. Peter, led by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Batisa.

Rey told the Paradise: “We are here to summon the help of the Holy Spirit, to develop his light and strength so that the elected Pope is the one that the Church and Humanity need in the difficult and complex turning point in history.” “This is also a strong invitation to preserve the unity of the church … It is a unit that does not mean monotheism, but it is a strong and deep company in diversity.”

Rei said that the Cardinate should pray for the sake of “the Pope who knows the best ways to awaken everyone’s consciences and moral and spiritual energies in today’s society, which is characterized by great technological progress but it tends to forget God. Today’s world expects a lot of church related to protecting these basic human and spiritual values ​​without human coexistence not better and does not bring his morals in the future.”

After a gathering in the Apostolic Palace, the most varied group of voters ever started, from at least 70 different countries, walking in a procession from the Pauline chapel in the palace to the neighboring Cistin Church, where the flavor will be held.

the The process to choose a new Pope It is shrouded in secrecy, and Cardinal voters will perform the oath with the start of the flavor, and pledges to maintain that secrecy.

“In a certain way, we promise and divide that we notice with the greatest sincerity and with all people, my written or ordinary, confidentially related to everything related to any way in the election of the Roman Pope, regarding what is happening in the election site, is directly or indirectly related to the results of the vote,” will be asked to ask the Latin. “We are promised and divided by not breaking this secret in any way, either during or after the election of the new ink, unless an explicit permission is given by the ink itself.”

Cardinate is forced inside the church to abandon their digital devices during Conclave.

Dozens of Venetian and clerics who will play a role in The Conclave have already pledged to secrecy.

Once the Cardinals were imprisoned at the Sistine Church on Wednesday afternoon, they are likely to carry one round of voting before the evening prayer. If the Pope is not chosen, the black chimney smoke will indicate to the group’s continuation, and the vote will resume on Thursday.