Title: Conclave: What Happens When a Pope Dies - Vatican Tips
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Conclave: What Happens When a Pope Dies
What happens when the Pope dies?
Conclave
The Sistine Chapel
Voting
Black and White Smoke after a Pope Dies
What happens after a new Pope is chosen?

Content: For a Pope to be elected they must get two-thirds of the vote, and each cardinal’s vote has equal value. The Sistine Chapel
The setting for Conclave is the Sistine Chapel, which was built between the years 1480 to 1482 under Pope Sixtus IV as the Pope’s private chapel as well as to serve as the new location for voting to elect a new Pope. Today the Sistine Chapel is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. People flock to the Vatican Museums to see Michelangelo’s frescos on the ceiling telling the story of the Old Testament. Michelangelo Buonarroti also painted the wall behind the alter called the Last Judgment. Voting
Why does the voting for a new Pope usually take so long? There are a number of reasons for this but it is mainly because the Cardinal that will become Pope must get two-thirds of the votes. If this is not achieved the process must take place again. Voting takes place twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon. All votes are then burned.