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Is going to be less about caucusing or canvassing and more about prayer as they each in silence write their vites then walk one by one up to place their ballot in the urn and say they stand before christ who will judge them facing that last judgment scene to give the name that they think before god is going to be the next pope. >> is there silence right now? i mean i saw -- there was a spectacle i thought was extraordinary that the cardinals all fanned out to the chumps in rome and delivered sermons and felt like a last-second audition for a lot of these cardinals. >> for some probably was. fo...

Specialized stove goes along with the chimney. it does take time for the smoke to go from gray to either white or black. >> one of the bits of drama about a conclave is that the catholic church normally is a highly scripted, imminently predictable enterprise. you know exactly what is going to happen and you know when it's going to happen. but with a conclave in a sense, all bets are off. >> reporter: the conclave, their decision shrouded in secrecy and tradition. and some modern twists. electronic jamming equipment ensures no one inside or outside the conclave knows the result before it's read...

Knows the result before it's ready to be announced. >> i'm ready to go home. i ran out of sock. >> reporter: the front-runners in force. there's cardinal shechere, cardinal scolo and there's boston's sean o'malley could he be the first american pope. >> let us pray that we choose a new pope that will confirm us in our faith and make more visible the love. >> reporter: the public politicking nearly over. once the conclave starts the cardinals go into deep seclusion until a decision is made. now, extraordinarily enough cardinal dolan from new york was kissing babies at the church yesterday. that...

Glad you're with us. i'm zoraida sambolin . >> and i'm john berman. thanks so much for being with us. it is just about voting time and i'm talking about the most secretive vote in the world. tomorrow, 115 cardinals will walk from their home away from home the residence at the vatican to the sistine chapel taken twice a day every day until they elect a new pope. rick hilgartner is on device worship here to talk about all things conclave. we are a day away from the vote. what happens now? how much last-second politicking is there? >> well, many would say it's all about politics at this point but...

Conclave and the real focus is on the power of the holy spirit. i'm looking to this as sort of a very, very superretreat. you just start to pray and the only indication you get of how things are going is when they count the votes. >> shannon: the vat the kansais the conclave may start before march 15. the earliest date it can begin under current rules is because this is a resignation instead of a sudden papal death. they fought for rights overseas and now some veterans are fighting for benefits at home. is senator rand paul planning to follow in his father's footsteps and make a run for the wh...