How black smoke, white smoke: How the Vatican accepts decisions on a new Pope

Cardinals can start a vote in the next pit, which can start the next Pope and become a chimney pokney visible from St. Peter Square in the Vatican city. If a pope is selected, if a candidate has not been selected, a candidate will leave a flavor and black smoke if two-thirds of two are two-thirds.

This is the history of the 19th century in the 19th century, in the 19th Papal Palace, which is held at the Papal Palace of the Italian president today.

“Behind the locked doors“2003 History of the Papal Fund, Frederic J. Baumgartner, the first evidence used in the smoke since 1823, the first evidence used as a signal since 1823, but wrote that the smoke was intended to inform the outside world of a new Pope.

The mistake of the burning of the mistletoe, as well as the cardinals, the Cardinals, after the voting period, it is a note placed in the cast iron stove. (One round first day, four after ten, two and afternoon two and afternoon, two and afternoon were kept in voting after two rounds of voting.

To this century, a wet straw was added to the oven to create a white color of smoke. But it was not always reliable.

Like New York Times reportedIn 1958, the white smoke seemed to be twice within the second day of the voting. This created confusion, because in fact a pope was not yet selected.

Once the correspondent described the anger on the edge of the Holy Peter: “Dozens of Newsensen made a dash for the nearest phone in the square,” Guests in the wedding in the wedding, “Guests at a wedding in front of a priest in front of the altar.”

But false was alarmed. Pope John XXIII is currently the confusion, the confusion, caused the theories of the assassination of another cardinal.

In 1978, the cartridges were used to increase the white or white color of the smoke on the black or white color of the smoke, after selecting, the cartridges were re-used for 33 days, John Paul II.

This method was also imperfect science. In the case of John Paul i A fun video From time to time, the chimney shows panic as white smoke like white smoke. “You can’t understand nothing,” “A franlzled correspondent shouts. The Vatican said the pope was elected later.

In 2005, when John Paul II died, a more reliable system was prepared today. An electronic management section that resembles the stove is now sharing a chimney chimney, along with cast iron ovens – to burn bosses that paint the smoke of papers.

Massimiliano de Sanctis, fireworks specialist, made one of fireworks for the Vatican, and this was used for 2005 elected in 2013, XVI and Francis.

“We didn’t invent something new,” he said. “The system used for fireworks.”

Black or white smoke cartridges are placed in a unit and press a key to close a cardinal, smoke in the noisy iron stove, to color the cartridges in the section. Six cartridges are used for each voice, smoke lasts about seven minutes, Mr. de Sanctis.

After the confusion of the past, the Vatican does not receive chances: once after the white smoke, Bells will start to play other churches in Rome to play the pelvis from St. Peter’s Basilica.