Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
07-05-2025 13:48 via wbrz.com

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history took just one round of voting Wednesday evening. After failing to find a winner on the first ballot, they retired for the night and will re
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