Black smoke rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, indicating no decision has been made to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. REUTERS Eighty-nine cardinals must agree before a ...

Assuming no one is elected, black smoke would be expected out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at around 7 p.m. The cardinals will then retire for the night and return on Thursday morning.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.

VATICAN CITY – Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.. More ...

Black smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel on day 2 of the conclave. ... Black smoke means no candidate reached the two-thirds majority, and the voting will continue.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope. The 133 voting cardinals have ...

Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. local time Wednesday — signaling to 1.4 billion Catholics that the election of a new pope will continue ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals' conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Black smoke signaled no pope was chosen as 133 cardinals began the conclave in the Sistine Chapel, with voting set to continue as the Catholic Church seeks a successor to Pope Francis.