Jean-Louis TAURAN, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious
Dialogue
Attilio NICORA, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the
Apostolic See
William Joseph LEVADA, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith
Franc RODÉ, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of
Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Leonardo SANDRI, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Giovanni LAJOLO, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City
State
Paul Josef CORDES, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor
Unum”
Angelo COMASTRI, Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Peter
Stanis?aw RY?KO, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Raffaele FARINA, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
Angelo AMATO, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Robert SARAH, President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
Francesco MONTERISI, Archpriest Emeritus of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
Basilica
Raymond Leo BURKE, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
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Kurt KOCH, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity
Paolo SARDI, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Mauro PIACENZA, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
Velasio DE PAOLIS, President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic
Affairs of the Holy See
Gianfranco RAVASI, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Fernando FILONI, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of
Peoples
Manuel MONTEIRO de CASTRO, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic
Penitentiary
Santos ABRIL y CASTELLÓ, Archpriest of Saint Mary Major Basilica
Antonio Maria VEGLIÒ, President of the Pontifical Council for
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Giuseppe BERTELLO, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
Francesco COCCOPALMERIO, President of the Pontifical Council for
Legislative Texts
João BRAZ de AVIZ, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of
Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Edwin Frederick O'BRIEN, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Domenico CALCAGNO, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the
Apostolic See
Giuseppe VERSALDI, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of
the Holy See
James Michael HARVEY, Archpriest of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls
Basilica
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HOW THE WHITE AND BLACK “FUMATE” ARE PRODUCED
Vatican City, 12 March 2013 (VIS) – Beginning with the Conclave in
2005, in order to better distinguish the colour of the “fumate”
(smoke signalling the election or non-election of a pontiff), a secondary
apparatus is used to
generate the smoke in addition to the traditional stove in which the Cardinal
electors' ballots are burned. This device stands next to the ballot-burning
stove and has a compartment where, according to the results of the vote,
different coloured-smoke
generating compounds can be mixed. The result is requested by means of an
electronic control panel and lasts for several minutes while the ballots are
burning in the other stove.
For a black “fumata” the chemical compound is made of potassium
perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white “fumata” is a
mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin. The rosin is a natural
amber resin obtained from
conifers. Prior to 2005 the black smoke was obtained by using smoke black or
pitch and the white smoke by using wet straw.
The stove-pipes of the stove and the smoke-producing device join up and
exit the roof of the Sistine Chapel as one pipe leading to the chimney
installed on the ridge of the roof, which is visible from St. Peter's Square.
To improve the airflow the
pipe is pre-heated by electrical resistance and it also has a backup fan.
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NOTICE
Vatican City, 12 March 2013 (VIS) – We inform our readers that, on
the occasion of the opening of the Conclave, we will transmit two bulletins
today. The second will be sent if or when there is a “fumata”.
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