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Vatican workers install Sistine Chapel stove where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope.

Catholic Standard · 20h

Workers ready Sistine Chapel for conclave

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican. But as 133 of the world's cardinals prepared to enter the conclave May 7 to elect the new pope, the Sistine Chapel has been closed to visitors since April 28.

Fox News on MSN · 3d

Chimney installed on Sistine Chapel's roof ahead of conclave to pick Pope Francis' successor

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.

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Vatican to deactivate mobile phone signal ahead of secret meeting to elect new pope

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Newser on MSN1d

Vatican Gets Sistine Chapel Ready to Hunker Down

Around 135 cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to begin the process of electing the new leader of the ...

News and Sentinel2h

Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff vow secrecy under threat of excommunication

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

KHQ1h

Vatican prepares for conclave to select new Pope

Preparations are underway at the Vatican as the conclave is set to begin Wednesday. Cardinals and select workers will be ...

18h

Cardinals mull Pope Francis' replacement as Vatican preps for conclave, fireworks expert tests "holy smoke"

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

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