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The Catholic Herald: ‘Fumata nera’ Again From Conclave Chimney – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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The Catholic Herald, May 8, 2025 at 11:15 am

The signal of black smoke – fumata nera – indicating that the 133 cardinal-electors have failed to elect a new pope has come from the Sistine Chapel chimney following the first two ballots of the day.

Black smoke billowing from the chimney at 11.51 a.m. local time in Rome indicated that again the required two-thirds majority – at least 89 votes – hasn’t been achieved to find a successor to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, 21 April, at the age of 88 years old.

Once white smoke emerges that will be the signal that the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and the 267th pope has been chosen.

Thursday marks the second day of voting in the conclave, which began on the afternoon of 7 May with the very first round of balloting also producing black smoke after all the cardinal-electors went up to place their slip of paper containing the name of their candidate into an urn set up in front of Michaelangelo’s Last Judgement. ….

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