Conclave day 2: Keep track of voting, smoke and more!

The second day of voting will be a full day for the cardinals, beginning at 6:30 a.m. Rome time and including four voting sessions if needed. The full schedule is below with Eastern Daylight Times (EDT) in parentheses.

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Wednesday, March 13

6:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m.) – Breakfast is served.

7:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m.) – The cardinals transfer from the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Pauline Chapel.

8:15 a.m. (3:15 a.m.) – Mass is celebrated in the Pauline Chapel.

9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m.) – The cardinals transfer from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel, pray Hora Media (Liturgy of the Hours) and proceed with two rounds of voting.

10:30-11 a.m. (5:30-6 a.m.) – Smoke is sent up only if a pope is elected.

12 p.m. (7 a.m.) – Smoke is sent up after the morning votes.

12:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m.) – The cardinals transfer from the Sistine Chapel to the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

1 p.m. (8 a.m.) – Lunch is served.

4 p.m. (11 a.m.) – The cardinals transfer from the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Sistine Chapel.

4:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m.) – After brief prayer, the cardinals proceed with the two rounds of evening votes.

7 p.m. (2 p.m.) – Smoke is sent up after the evening votes.

7:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m.) – The cardinals pray Vespers in the Sistine Chapel.

7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m.) – The cardinals transfer from the Sistine Chapel to the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

8 p.m. (3 p.m.) – Dinner is served.

The conclave could follow this basic schedule for another day. After three days, if no pope has been elected by a two-thirds majority, voting is traditionally suspended for one day of prayer, discussion and spiritual exhortation. After a series of seven further ballots, the process may again be halted for reflection, until finally only the two cardinals who received the most votes in the last ballot are eligible in a runoff election. The two candidates, however, do not themselves have the right to vote.

Sources:
"Conclave: timetable for first days," News.va
"Conclave: Black smoke at ballot I," News.va
"A conclave cardinal’s life by the clock," Catholic News Service Blog
"Detailed schedule of conclave released," Catholic News Agency
"The schedule for the conclave (with U.S. times)," Catholic World Report
"How the Church chooses a pope," OSV Newsweekly