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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn’t elected pope in first vote
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...
No pope named as black smoke rises on historic conclave's first day: Live updates
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
Cardinals fail to pick new pope on day one of the conclave
Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...
Here’s how Day 1 went in the conclave to choose a pope
The centuries-old ritual is being used to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
Papal conclave begins after cardinals sworn to secrecy; first vote results in no pope chosen yet
The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...
The elite Swiss Guard watching over conclave have a dramatic role as papal bodyguards
It's a declaration that they are willing to do so again, according to Bry Jensen, a historian and host of a podcast about the ...
Sistine Chapel prepped for conclave as battle lines are drawn for future of Catholic Church
The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...
With ceremony and secrecy, the conclave for a new pope is about to begin
As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...