Highlights: No pope chosen on day 1 of conclave

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s ...
NPR

Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the ...
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What was still unknown about the conclave that elected the new Pope

This was the ultra-secret process revealed in the book 'The Last Conclave' by Vatican experts Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta Piqué. "It was Pope Francis' last surprise" May 7, 2025. Black smoke.
National Catholic Reporter

5 takeaways from NCR's look inside the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV

When the Sistine Chapel's white smoke rose on May 8, it crowned not a campaigner, but a conciliator. What cardinals inside the conclave say they sought — and what they found in Robert Francis Prevost, ...