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Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney — signaling no new pope yet
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May 7, 2025
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1:00Now PlayingBlack smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope.
The 133 voting cardinals have been sequestered inside the historic chapel since Wednesday evening, tasked with casting secret ballots to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 of a stroke and heart failure.
If no cardinal receives two-thirds of the vote, the ballots are burned with a chemical additive that produces black smoke, which signals to the outside world that the next pope has not yet been chosen.
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