Conclave: No Pope has but chosen – black smoke rises from the Sistine chapel | EUROtoday

The conclave of the cardinals entitled to vote didn’t select a brand new Pope within the first poll. From the chimney of the Sistine chapel, black smoke quoll on Wednesday night, the signal that no candidate has reached the required two-thirds majority.

Several hours earlier, 133 cardinals had moved into the chapel to decide on a successor for the Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, beneath strict confidentiality. They had been included and every of them took off an oath through which he promised completely silence concerning the selection.

There is not any additional poll on Wednesday. The cardinals retreat to the Santa Marta visitor home, which can be strictly shielded, and can proceed to seek for a candidate with a two-thirds majority on Thursday morning. Two electoral programs are deliberate within the morning and two within the afternoon till a brand new Pope is discovered.