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Live updates: No pope chosen as black smoke billows from Sistine Chapel
Catholic cardinals return to the Vatican to elect Pope Francis' successor. White and black smoke will signal if a new pope ...
Why the conclave uses black and white smoke to indicate if there's a new pope
Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not ...
Has a pope been chosen? Here's why there was black smoke during papal conclave Thursday
Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...
No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney
Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...
Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel, no pope has been selected
It's the first full day of the conclave to find a replacement for Pope Francis, with this morning's inconclusive pair of ...
Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel as cardinal electors vote inconclusively for third time
The cardinals electing the next pope will vote again Thursday afternoon after black smoke rose again from the Sistine Chapel ...
Live Updates: Black Smoke Signals That Cardinals Still Haven’t Chosen a Pope
While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...
Black smoke seen from Sistine Chapel as cardinals fail to elect new pope
Cardinals will vote again on Thursday as the secretive process to elect a new head of the Catholic Church continues.
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.