The Vatican has installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel to signal the election of a new leader. Source: AAP
THE Vatican has installed a special chimney on the Sistine Chapel from which white smoke will signal the election of a new leader for the 1.2 billion Catholics.
The conclave of 115 cardinal electors starts voting on Tuesday in a centuries-old tradition that will result in the election of the 266th pope.
French cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, the Archbishop of Paris, told AFP in an interview there were around "half a dozen possible candidates".
Italian cardinal Angelo Scola, the Archbishop of Milan, is often cited as a favourite, along with Canada's Marc Ouellet and Brazil's Odilo Scherer.
Other names mentioned have been Hungary's Peter Erdo, Mexico's Jose Francisco Robles Ortega, Austria's Christoph Schoenborn and Sri Lanka's Albert Malcolm Ranjith.
Luis Antonio Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, is also a possible.
The cardinals will on Tuesday move into a Vatican residence, St Martha's House, where they will live for the duration of the conclave.
Cardinals will swear a solemn oath not to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
Windows at St Martha's House will be locked and telephones are for internal use only.
Ballots will usually be burnt daily at 1100 GMT (2200 AEDT) and 1800 GMT (0500 AEDT). Smoke will be black if no two-thirds majority has been found or white to signal that a papal election has taken place.
The conclave could last up to a few days.
Vatican workers have put the final touches on preparations for the Sistine Chapel, blacking out windows to prevent spying on the conclave and installing scrambling devices to prevent communication with the outside world.
No one except the "cardinal electors" - cardinals below the age of 80 - can be present during the two daily rounds of voting.
Once the new pope accepts his nomination, he emerges onto a balcony overlooking St Peter's Square to a cheering crowd and the Latin cry of "Habemus Papam"! ("We Have a Pope!")
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