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Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave Published - May 02, 2025 12:47 pm IST - Vatican City AP ...

A chimney was installed Friday on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave set to begin next Wednesday, which will decide the successor to Pope Francis.

Left: Firefighters work to set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, ahead of the conclave, at the Vatican on May 2, 2025. Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane/ Reuters Related.

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope have accelerated with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney. (CNN, Juan Carlos Velarde Gonzalez, Vatican TV, Vatican Media) By The Associated Press and NICOLE WINFIELD ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney. (CNN, Juan Carlos Velarde Gonzalez, Vatican TV, Vatican Media) ...

Vatican firefighters install chimney on roof of Sistine Chapel for papal election. If the smoke is black, the vote was inconclusive, but white smoke means a pope has been chosen.

The white smoke came out of the chimney on the fifth ballot on March 13, 2013, and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world as Pope Francis a short time later from the loggia of ...