Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

VATICAN CITY AP Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the vote of a successor to Pope Francis Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney a key moment in the preparation for the May conclave After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to indicate the outcome to the outside world If no pope is chosen the ballots are mixed with cartridges containing potassium perchlorate anthracene a component of coal tar and sulfur to produce black smoke But if there is a winner the burning ballots are mixed with potassium chlorate lactose and chloroform resin to produce the white smoke The white smoke came out of the chimney on the fifth ballot on March and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world as Pope Francis a short time later from the loggia of St Peter s Basilica Francis history s first Latin American pope died April at age The chimney installation took place as cardinals arrived in the Vatican for another day of pre-conclave discussions about the necessities of the Catholic Church going forward and the type of pope needed to run it These consultations include all cardinals including those over age who are ineligible to vote in the conclave itself In newest days they have heard reports about the Vatican s dire financial situation and have had the chance to speak individually about priorities going forward and problems they identified in Francis pontificate Francis was a somewhat divisive pope beloved by a few for his focus on the poor and marginalized but criticized by others who accused him of sowing confusion among the faithful on issues of morality and church law These conservatives and traditionalists who are not presumed to have a majority among the cardinal electors are hoping a new pope will reassert core church teachings and act as a stabilizing figure in the Vatican bureaucracy Cardinal Beniamino Stella who headed the Vatican office for clergy under Francis until his retirement in has been among the older non-voting cardinals who has spoken during the pre-conclave sessions According to America the magazine of the U S Jesuits Stella this week strongly criticized Francis modification of the Vatican bureaucracy that allowed women and lay people to head Holy See offices rather than clergy That modification contained in a constitution overhauled the Vatican bureaucracy and fulfilled a key mandate Francis received from cardinals going into the conclave that elected him pope But selected have criticized the modification which was nine years in the works and sought to make the Holy See more service-oriented and efficient Francis named two laymen to head the Vatican communications operation and the market ministry More significantly he named two nuns to head two of the most of essential Vatican offices Sister Simona Brambilla as head of the Vatican office responsible for all the world s Catholic religious orders and Sister Raffaella Petrini as head of the Vatican City State administration In that position Petrini runs the city state and is responsible for everything from the Vatican Museums that provide the Holy See with greater part of its revenue to the firefighters who installed the chimney on the Sistine Chapel Friday Their appointments were tangible evidence of Francis belief that women should have a greater decision-making role in church governance But Stella according to unnamed cardinals cited by America objected to Francis decision to separate the power of governance in the church from the priesthood It is unclear what influence older cardinals such as Stella who at age will not veritably cast a vote will have on the younger cardinal electors In general cardinals of the more conservative old guard have stresesed the need for unity over pursuing Francis more radical legacy The pope has to ensure the unity of all of the church stated Cardinal Fernando Filoni the retired head of the Vatican s evangelization office This is first and foremost Everything else comes after the -year-old cardinal declared as he arrived Friday for the pre-conclave discussions Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib the -year-old archbishop of Santiago Chile revealed the variety of points of view was useful in the pre-conclave meetings Francis made Chomali a cardinal in December after appointing him to head the Chilean church through the continued fallout of the clergy sexual abuse outrage For me that I come from Chile a far away country hearing such different experiences is an enrichment not only for me but for all of the church he commented as he entered Friday