A second plume of black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday morning, signaling that the cardinals gathered within the Vatican’s papal conclave had as soon as once more did not elect a brand new pope.
The smoke emerged at 11:51 a.m. (9:51 a.m. GMT), signalling that the 133 cardinals tasked with selecting the brand new pope did not agree on a successor to Pope Francis within the second and third rounds of voting.
Thousands of observers gathered on St. Peter’s Square to await the voting outcomes.
The conclave started on Wednesday, two weeks after the Argentinian pontiff died on Easter Monday, aged 88.
The election of the 267th pope in 2,000 years of Church historical past may take a while. A two-thirds majority is required to pick a brand new chief for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
Until then, the remainder of the world will depend on the smoke indicators from the chimney on the roof of the ornate chapel within the Apostolic Palace, because the cardinals are secluded from the surface world in the course of the course of.
Voting will proceed on Thursday, with as much as two additional rounds within the afternoon, after a lunch pause within the Saint Martha House residence within the Vatican.
Source: www.dailysabah.com