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Worshippers attend a mass presided by Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica, April 14, 2005. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gather to elect a new pope on Monday in one of the most famous rooms in the world, the Sistine Chapel. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen |
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Prelates attend a Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican celebrated by Cardinal Pierre Sfeir Nasrallah, Patriarch of the Antioch for Maronites, Thursday April 14, 2005. Cardinals will celebrate a series of funeral Masses for nine days and known as the 'Novemdiales', starting with the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) |
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Workers install a new chimney on top of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, April 15, 2005. During the conclave voting, if the necessary majority has not been reached, the ballots and tally sheets are placed in a stove and burned with an additive to produce black smoke. An additive to produce white smoke is used if a new pope has been elected. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico |
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Workers install a new chimney on top of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, April 15, 2005. During the conclave voting, if the necessary majority has not been reached, the ballots and tally sheets are placed in a stove and burned with an additive to produce black smoke. An additive to produce white smoke is used if a new pope has been elected. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama |
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Two stoves, a new one and the original (R), sit ready for the conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, April 15, 2005. The conclave that starts on Monday to elect Pope John Paul's successor in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel will be steeped in age-old traditions -- cardinals in red cassocks, Latin chants and ballots written on the finest quality paper. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano |
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