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2025 conclave continues for a second day as cardinals resume voting to pick a new pope
A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke will be sent up the chimney of the Sistine Chapel when that happens, to indicate a new pope has been chosen.
Black smoke bellowed from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday night, meaning the cardinals did not select a new pope. More voting ...
Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.
The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
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