In 2013 with Last dad in lifeThe Sistine Chapel welcomed the conclave from which pope No. 266 was chosen. Unlike what happened in Previous conclavesIt was convened to replace the pontiff who did not die: Benedict XVI abandoned the papacy For health problems, ”he killed nine years later. But The selection process is the sameRegardless of the reason that ends the pontificate: all Cardinals up to 80 years oldThey are found in secret and closed doors and celebrate various voices until the candidate receives two -thirds of votes.
In the last conclave there was everything Five votes in 22 hoursField a The duration of the conclave It depends on many factors, but it is obvious that Departments in the church complicate the decisionFor example, in 1922, the field was needed five days and 14 votes to select Pius XI; In 1939, the next conclave was released in three votes, until Pius XII became the new Pope. Now it is important to know that Voting number does not correspond to the amount of smokingThe field every day of voting is a maximum of two smoking: one, at about 12:00 and the other at about 7:00 p.m.
A smoked It is like smoke known from the chimneys of the Sistine chapel. Depending on the decision, which was made in previous voices, smoking is one or another color. It will be black if there was no consensus; Blanca, if dad was chosen. The smoke emanating from the fireplace comes from the burning of ballots, in which the cardinals write the name of their candidates for which they are located Add a chemical supplement to change its colorField
First Black Fumata: 19: 42h
A The first black smoke of conclave 2013He left the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 7:42 PM. Two hours and seven minutes later The fact that the 115 cardinals that participated in the vote were a total of 117 voters, but the honorary Julius Darmaatmaja and Archbishop San Darmaatmaj and Edimburgh Keith O’Brien, did not participate in the Conclave – were locked to think over.
Second Black Fumata: 11: 38h
In the morning of the day following the start of the conclave, the second round began. Throughout the morning Two votes were madeBut no one managed to add 77 votes that he needed to elect the pope. For this reason, at 11: 38h, black smoke was noticed, leaving the chimney of the Sistine chapel: the voices will continue.
White smoking (habemus papam!): 19: 05h
Day The second day of the conclaveOn March 13, 2013, two votes were also held. The fourth (third day, the first day) also This ended in a negative resultBut this vote never saw ”because at 7:05 pm. Blanca Smay was producedThe field next to the black smoke of the bell of the San Pedro, and then Plaza de San Pedro exploded in glee: it was the day when Pope Francis was chosen by dadField
How many votes Pope Francis?
A Voting voting during the conclave burnedThus, any statement about the number of votes received by one or another candidate is simple speculation. The most hypothesis about the scales is going to ‘The choice of Pope Francis: an internal story about the conclave that has changed history“The book, published in 2019 by an American correspondent in the Vatican Gerard O’Connell. According to his own history, published in the journal of the Jesuits AmericaAt least 23 cardinals received votes in the first vote, and only four received more than 10 ballots to keep their name. O’Connella data suggest that this was the result of the first vote, in which 23 votes will be added to different cardinals:
- Angelo Shy: 30 votes
- Jorge Bergolo: 26 votes
- Mark Wellet: 22 votes
- Sean Patrick O’Melly: 10 votes
- Old Sherer: 4 votes
In the first vote on the morning of March 13 Bergolo has already been put in the leaderAlthough without receiving (or not approaching the 77 votes necessary for the choice. Of course, at the moment the struggle will remain among the following cardinals – while eight other votes will go to other candidates. “
- Jorge Bergolo: 45 votes
- Angelo Shy: 38 votes
- Mark Wellet: 24 votes
The third vote that gave rise to The second black smokeI would “add” two of my favorite candidates, leaving only three votes outside the three favorites:
- Jorge Bergolo: 56 votes
- Angelo Shy: 41 votes
- Mark Wellet: 15 votes
From the fourth vote, smoking did not come out: this was the first of two votes during the day. At this stage of the election, two ballots would have gone to the other candidates, while the main part of the vote would be this:
- Jorge Bergolo: 67 votes
- Angelo Shy: 32 votes
- Mark Wellet: 13 votes
It was the fifth voice that ended with white smoking in the Vatican, according to O’Connell’s speculations:
- Jorge Bergolo: 85 votes
- Angelo Shy: 20 votes
- Mark Wellet: 8 votes
- Other candidates: 2 votes
Of these candidates, Only Canadian Mark Wellet Enter the pools of Edward Pentin, which collects in his report from the college of Cardenalicio on the list 22 candidates for dads After Francis. He Cardinal, 80 years oldThis is not in the list of voters of the conclave of 2025. Milanés Scola cannot vote (he is 83 years old), while the Brazilian Sherer, even from the age of 75, will integrate the next conclave.
