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Black smoke rises: No pope chosen in first round of Vatican conclave voting
Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signaling that the first vote to elect a new pope ...
No Pope Yet: Vatican Conclave Blows Black Smoke On 1st Day Of Vote For New Pontiff
The Catholic Church doesn't have a new Pop as the first day of the conclave ends with the cardinals not electing a successor ...
First conclave vote at Vatican produces no new pope
A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...
Conclave to elect a new pope begins as 133 Catholic cardinals file into Sistine Chapel
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
Black smoke over Vatican signals no pope chosen on first day of conclave
The conclave to choose the next pope begins Wednesday, with cardinals from around the world gathering in the Vatican to ...
Cardinals mull Pope Francis' replacement as Vatican preps for conclave, fireworks expert tests "holy smoke"
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
Ahead of the conclave, Vatican staff vow secrecy under threat of excommunication
All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...