With the start of the conclave, this Wednesday, May 7, Cardinals under 80 years will begin to meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose the new Pope. The 2025 conclave will have 133 voters, so a two -thirds majority of the attendees are required to be elected, in this case: 89 votes.
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The Catholics of the world must unite in prayer to ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate the understanding of the cardinals and thus choose the vicar of Christ that the Catholic Church needs.
These are the schedules of the transmissions that Ewtn puts at your disposal, so that you do not miss any detail of the start of the conclave this Wednesday. You can also follow them live from Ewtn’s YouTube channel in Spanish:
Holy Mass for the election of the Roman Pontiff
With Mass For choosing a pontiff The conclave will begin. The cardinals are entrusted to the assistance of the Holy Spirit before the first vote, to maintain and strengthen the unity of the mystical body of Christ, whose visible foundation is the successor of St. Peter. These are the schedules:
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
9:30 am – Italy and Spain.
4:30 a.m. — Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay.
3:30 a.m. — Venezuela, Bolivia.
2:30 am – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
1:30 am – Mexico and Central America.
Procession of the voters to the Sistine Chapel
The ceremony of entry into the conclave, which will be held in the Sistine Chapel, begins with the purple gathered in the Pauline chapel of the Apostolic Palace to form the procession.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
4:00 pm – Italy and Spain.
11:00 a.m. — Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay.
10:00 a.m. — Venezuela, Bolivia.
9:00 am – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
8:00 am – Mexico and Central America.
What time will we smoke in the Vatican?
During the days that the conclave lasts, the cardinals will make four votes every day: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each voting block is followed by a smoking, which will be black if an agreement has not been reached, or white if the new pontiff has already been chosen.
The only day there will be no vote in the morning will be on Wednesday 7, since at 10:00 am (Rome time) the Pro Mass will be held Pontifice in the Basilica of San Pedro. Therefore, on Wednesday there will only be votes in the afternoon, and consequently, there will be a smoking shortly after 7:00 p.m. (Rome time), as confirmed by the Vatican.
In the following days, if the Pope is not chosen in the first morning vote, a second is immediately made. Both ballots burn together, which gives rise to a possible smoking around 12:00 pm if, on the other hand, the pontiff is chosen in the first vote in the morning, the white smoke will appear shortly after 10:30 am
The same process is repeated in the afternoon. After a short break, two other votes are held. If none is conclusive, the smoking is expected around 7:00 pm but if the Pope is chosen in the first vote in the afternoon, the white smoking would be seen shortly after 17:30.
Andrés Henríquez
I was born in Caracas in 1996. I am a writer for ACI Press and correspondent of EWTN since 2023. Since then, I cover events of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Latin America and the world. I have more than 6 years of experience in bilingual media. In addition, in Venezuela I have worked from various fields for freedom and respect for fundamental rights in the country. I am a member of the Regnum Christi Federation since 2014.