Black Smoke From the Sistine Chapel, Cardinals Fail to Elect New Pope on the First Ballot – Twitchy
Today was the beginning of the scope, the process that Catholic Cardolic votes for the Pope’s new, after the death Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88.
The schedule of the first day of Conclave differs from the rest of the days, with the qualified Cardinals to vote only one ballot contract.
This vote began at 7 pm in Rome, or 1 pm East, and all eyes were on chimneys installed in Sistin Church late last week.
It took more than an hour to calculate and record the sounds.
It is not surprising, that the smoke that we saw this evening was black, which indicates that the Cardinals did not reach the 89th vote threshold required for the new door.
Breaking: Black smoke appears from the Sistine Church, and this means that there is no new door yet pic.twitter.com/hefaqspqvf
– BNO News (BNONEWS) May 7, 2025
This means that Conclave lasts tomorrow.
Black smoke rises from the Sistin Church chimney – do not refer to any new door https://t.co/dndtnhsfvj pic.twitter.com/lbz9vjlzy4
New York Post (NYPOST) May 7, 2025
Black smoke was filmed from the Sistin Church church on Wednesday after The first round of voting by the College of CardinalsThis indicates that the new Pope is not consensus.
The 133 Cardinals have been isolated inside the historic church since Wednesday evening, charged with their secret votes to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who April 21 died of stroke and heart failure.
If no cardinal receives two -thirds of the vote, the voting cards are burned with a chemical additive that produces black smoke, which indicates the outside world that has not yet been chosen.
Eighty -nine croup should be agreed upon before naming the new Pope. When the currency reaches consensus, the polling is burned with a different chemical factor that converts white smoke.
After the white smoke wanders through the chimney, the newly elected Pope will wear traditional white papacy clothes for the first time before it appeared for the first time from the balcony of the Church of St. Peter.
the The new papal name It will also be announced.
Pope Pius XII was elected in the first ballot in 1939.
It is black smoke, no door has been elected
Video: EWTN pic.twitter.com/zf3pr1LDSB
– Sachinettiyil May 7, 2025
The ballot cards were burned for the first round.
The vote will resume tomorrow morning at 9:30 am Roma Time tomorrow (3 am East time)
