VATICAN CITY >> If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave, then things are not going to plan.

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the cardinals to choose the leader, which day of the week he’ll

A cardinal predicted that the selection process “will be short” for the next pope to succeed the late Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88 after months of health complications. Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez of El Salvador told ABC News on Friday that the Vatican is looking for “Francis 2” in a successor as cardinals prepare to kick off the conclave week.

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope

On Friday morning, May 2, Vatican workers were seen hoisting a chimney onto the roof at the Sistine Chapel, according to photos and video taken by Reuters. The chimney will soon be used to display the smoke from burnt ballots during the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor.