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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 to Pope Francis
Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their conclave in the Vatican on May 7, 2025Getty Hours later than expected, black smoke was seen blowing out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the end of the first day of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. With 133 cardinals voting, a conclave record and many of the participants relatively new to their positions, it was widely anticipated that there would not be a new Pope today. Before that it took eight ballots and three days for John Paul II to be elected back in
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