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Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new pope after the first ballot fails
Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. The first conclave ballot failed to find a ...
Catholic cardinals signal with black smoke there is no new pope yet
Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave have not yet ...
Black smoke billows for second time as cardinals remain undecided on new pope
Black smoke billowed out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney for the second time as the 133 cardinal electors remained ...
Live Updates: Black Smoke Signals That Cardinals Still Haven’t Chosen a Pope
Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on ...
Could Cardinal Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago, become first American pope?
Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a ...
Senior cardinal urges conclave voters to pick a pope who seeks unity ahead of secret voting ritual
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates – with a subtext
When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...