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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Cardinals to vote in the Vatican for a second day to elect a new pope
Cardinals before the start of the conclave to elect a new Pope in the Sistine chapel in The Vatican, May 7, 2025. (Simone Risoluti / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.
The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences. Yesterday evening, black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave.
The cardinals have been sworn to secrecy in the centuries-old ritual to elect a new leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church. To become pope, a cardinal needs a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. This conclave is the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.
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