Black smoke signals no pope elected at first conclave vote
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel signals the 133 Catholic cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first conclave vote in Vatican City.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday, signalling that the 133 Catholic cardinals meeting in a secret conclave failed to elect a new pope on their first ballot.
(Reporting by Joshua McElwee, Editing by Crispian Balmer)
The article discusses the first vote of the Vatican conclave where no new pope was elected, as indicated by black smoke.
Black smoke indicates that the cardinals have not reached a decision to elect a new pope.
The conclave took place in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
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