Without the Bible, there would be no Sistine Chapel and none of the biblically inspired masterpieces that hang in countless museums world-wide.

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Wednesday marks the second day of the Conclave, during which 115 cardinals have locked themselves up in the Sistine Chapel, with no outside communication, with the aim of choosing a new pope.

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Short stature is no bar to enjoyment of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

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Black smoke rose from the chapel's smokestack, signifying no choice had been made, and the cardinals adjourned for the day.

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No one is going to dress up as a cardinal and sneak into the Sistine Chapel.

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If no majority is reached, the ballots are placed in a stove installed in the Sistine Chapel and burned to produce a plume of dark smoke.

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The smoke that will drift out of the chapel's chimney early in the evening is likely to be black - meaning no pope has been elected.

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