It is the day of the Conclave. At 10 am, in St. Peter's Basilica, the Pro Eligendo Pontifice Mass will be presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re. In the afternoon at 4.30 pm the entrance of the 133 cardinal electors into the Sistine Chapel, then the oath and the ‘Extra Omnes’. In the late afternoon the first vote. From 7pm onwards the first smoke should come out. The quorum to elect the 267th Pope is 89 votes.
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