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Watch live: Chimney of Sistine Chapel watched by crowd in Rome as papal conclave underway
Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...
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BREAKING: Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel as first conclave vote ends without new pope
The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at ...
Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney signaling new pope not yet chosen
CNN anchor Erin Burnett and Vatican Correspondent Christopher Lamb report that black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel ...
Conclave to elect a new pope begins as 133 Catholic cardinals file into Sistine Chapel
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
Pope Francis dies: Black smoke comes from Sistine Chapel chimney, no pope elected
A conclave will go on for as long as needed. The longest was almost three years from 1268 to 1271. Some have been a day. The ...
Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election
Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...
Sistine Chapel rooftop seagull will be first to know there’s a new pope
As the world watches the conclave, currently underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving them a bird’s eye view of the chimney where a plume of white or black smoke will ...
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected yet; AP explains
Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel; conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote
The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took ...