The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began. A group of 133 cardinal electors began their behind-closed ...

Read the full transcript of Leo's first message to supporters around the world Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8 after white smoke had billowed from a chimney ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected after second or third ballots.

People filled St. Peter's Square as their first vote to choose a new pope was taken, as they waited for smoke to waft from a chimney over the chapel. Follow the latest on the search for a new pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel ... After failing to find a winner on the first ballot, they retired for the night and will return to the Sistine Chapel on ...

The cardinals don’t have to take a first vote Wednesday, but they are expected to. Assuming no winner is found, the Vatican said black smoke could be expected out of the Sistine Chapel chimney about 7 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the conclave's 1st ballot. The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State ...

There will be white smoke when a new pope is elected. Until then, 133 Cardinals will remain in the chapel with no contact with the outside world. Conclave gets underway after cardinals take oath ...

A new pope has yet to be chosen. Black smoke emerged from atop the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, May 7, indicating that more voting lies ahead amid the ongoing papal conclave.

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Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church in their first conclave vote. Tens of ...