Cardinals fail to elect new pope at first voting as black smoke billows from Sistine Chapel

After a lengthy wait, black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney this evening, meaning that the cardinals have not been able to choose a new pontiff. Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square for the first vote of conclave – the results of which took more than three hours [...]The post Cardinals fail to elect new pope at first voting as black smoke billows from Sistine Chapel appeared first on Vanguard News.

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