US EditionVatican conclave continues for cardinals as second day begins with more black smoke over Sistine Chapel
- Roman Catholic cardinals have convened in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on May 7 and 8, 2025, to elect the Church’s 267th pope following Pope Francis’s death last month.
- The conclave follows a centuries-old secretive process, requiring a two-thirds majority of 89 votes from 133 cardinal-electors mostly appointed by Francis, amid unresolved Church challenges and no clear frontrunner.
- Cardinals participate in multiple secret ballots each day, including four scheduled on May 8, with black smoke signaling inconclusive results and the cardinals remaining sequestered until consensus is reached.
- At 11:50 a.m. Rome time on May 8, black smoke emerged again from the Sistine Chapel chimney, showing no candidate won the necessary majority, despite speculation about possible frontrunners such as Cardinal Tagle and others.
- The prolonged voting highlights deep divisions within the Church and the new pope’s expected need to address internal fractures, global scrutiny, and lead over 1.4 billion Catholics during geopolitical uncertainty.
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Father Connolly to Newsmax: ‘Sense of Belonging’ in St. Peter’s Square
Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting. But despite the wait, Father Sean Connolly of the Archdiocese of New York told Newsmax on Thursday that being in St. Peter’s Square gave him “a sense of belonging.” “It was an amazing experience for me. And it really felt like the whole church, peop…
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Conclave live: Black smoke pours from chimney on day 2 of papal election
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Papal conclave enters second day with no pope elected
The NewsBlack smoke emanated from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for a second time Thursday, signaling that no successor to Pope Francis had been elected in the latest vote. The ritual of papal selection is a closely guarded secret, and could take several days. Even the cardinals taking part often know little about it: Most of those who have rushed to Rome since Francis’ death were appointed by him and have never been involved in one before. To he…
No new pope as black smoke also rises at midday on second day of conclave
Cardinals failed to elect a new head for the Catholic Church on Thursday midday, with black smoke rising from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals are set to vote twice more on Thursday.
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