The Sacred Procession, Etra Omens and Black Smoke: Watch highlights of Day 1 of 2025 Conclave

The Catholic Church began the process to elite its leader, the adjacent Pope, connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Before the cardinal electors, who volition beryllium electing the adjacent Pope, entered the Sistine Chapel astatine the Vatican to commence the 2025 conclave, a Mass for the Election of the Pope was held astatine St Peter's Basilica astatine the Vatican.

Then came the Sacred Procession to the Sistine Chapel by the 133 cardinal electors, who could beryllium heard magnificently singing the “Litany of the Saints.”

Upon accomplishment astatine the Sistine Chapel, a preacher was brought successful to punctual the cardinals of the gravity of the substance astatine manus amid prayers.

This was followed by the Oath of Secrecy. Each of the cardinal electors took the Oath of Secrecy to ballot according to his conscience and not to disclose details of the conclave.

Then came the proclamation of the Etra Omnes by 1 of the officials astatine the conclave.

The proclamation orders each different persons, speech from the cardinal electors, to permission the Sistine Chapel, for the predetermination of the caller Pope to commence.

After each the non-cardinal electors had near the chapel, the authoritative who proclaimed the Etra Omnes closed the doors of the chapel.

Hours aft the closure of the doors, achromatic fume emerged from the chimney implicit the Sistine Chapel. This means that nary victor emerged aft the archetypal ballots of the cardinal electors.

Watch highlights of Day 1 of the Conclave below:

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