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Pope Francis, Sistine Chapel and Black Smoke

Papal conclave 2025 live updates: Black smoke comes from Sistine Chapel chimney early Thursday

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave vote last night.

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Black Smoke At Sistine Chapel Indicates No Pope Yet On Day Two Of Conclave (Live Updates)

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to vote for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, and it remains unclear whether the new pope will align with Francis’s more inclusive ideology.

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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 been chosen to replace Pope Francis on the first ballot.Using smoke to communicate to the public whether a new pope has been elected is somewhat a recent tradition for the Catholic Church.

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Black smoke signals no pope named in today's first conclave ballots: Live updates

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

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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.

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Seagulls Roosting on Sistine Chapel Roof End Up with VIP Seats to Papal Conclave

The Sistine Chapel seagulls are becoming the stars of the 2025 papal conclave. The livestream of the historic event panned to ...

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The elite Swiss Guard watching over conclave have a dramatic role as papal bodyguards

It's a declaration that they are willing to do so again, according to Bry Jensen, a historian and host of a podcast about the ...

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Sistine Chapel prepped for conclave as battle lines are drawn for future of Catholic Church

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

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With ceremony and secrecy, the conclave for a new pope is about to begin

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

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