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Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican still without a Pope

Politiko 2025-05-08 12:26:18

Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican still without a Pope

133 cardinals will gather again on Thursday in the Sistine Chapel, where they will cast their second ballots to make one of their number the next leader of the more than 1 billion members of the Catholic Church worldwide.

A successful candidate to replace Pope Francis, who died on April 21, will require a two-thirds majority of voting cardinals.

Wednesday's first vote failed, resulting in a cloud of black smoke - fumata nera in Italian - from the chapel's chimney. White smoke - fumata bianca - will indicate that a new pope has been elected, as will the pealing of the bells of St. Peter's Basilica.

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