Black Smoke Emitted From Sistine Chapel—No Pope Elected On Conclave Day One
The post Black Smoke Emitted From Sistine Chapel—No Pope Elected On Conclave Day One appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel minutes after 9 p.m. local time, indicating cardinals did not choose a successor to Pope Francis on its first ballot after day one of the largest ever papal conclave—a largely expected result since elections typically take two to three days, thought this could extend longer due to its size and importance. Cardinals attend mass ahead of the conclave on Wednesday. (Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via … More Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts The black smoke Wednesday evening indicates the first ballot cast by the 133 voting cardinals did not yield a two-thirds majority for any candidate. Cardinals will resume voting Thursday for the second day of conclave, during which four rounds of votes will be conducted—two in the morning, followed by two in the afternoon, with smoke emitted after every two rounds, unless a pope is chosen earlier. Wednesday’s vote took longer than most experts had predicted, as the first release of smoke took an hour longer than the first black smoke in 2013 during the conclave that elected Pope Francis. Mathew Schmalz, editor of the Journal of Global Catholicism and College of the Holy Cross religious studies professor, told BBC News the lengthy wait for the first release of smoke may have been because of the large number of cardinals from around the world meeting one another for the first time, speculating the conclave could take one day longer than usual. Though it’s unclear why Wednesday’s vote took so long, Schmalz told the BBC he is “getting kind of nervous” about whether the conclave may have run into issues that will need to be smoothed out in the coming days. The conclave of 133 electors is the largest and most globally diverse in history, greater than the…
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Topline Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel minutes after 9 p.m. local time, indicating cardinals did not choose a successor to Pope Francis on its first ballot after day one of the largest ever papal conclave—a largely expected result since elections typically take two to three days, thought this could extend longer due to its size and importance. Cardinals attend mass ahead of the conclave on Wednesday. (Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via … More Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts The black smoke Wednesday evening indicates the first ballot cast by the 133 voting cardinals did not yield a two-thirds majority for any candidate. Cardinals will resume voting Thursday for the second day of conclave, during which four rounds of votes will be conducted—two in the morning, followed by two in the afternoon, with smoke emitted after every two rounds, unless a pope is chosen earlier. Wednesday’s vote took longer than most experts had predicted, as the first release of smoke took an hour longer than the first black smoke in 2013 during the conclave that elected Pope Francis. Mathew Schmalz, editor of the Journal of Global Catholicism and College of the Holy Cross religious studies professor, told BBC News the lengthy wait for the first release of smoke may have been because of the large number of cardinals from around the world meeting one another for the first time, speculating the conclave could take one day longer than usual. Though it’s unclear why Wednesday’s vote took so long, Schmalz told the BBC he is “getting kind of nervous” about whether the conclave may have run into issues that will need to be smoothed out in the coming days. The conclave of 133 electors is the largest and most globally diverse in history, greater than the…
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