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The first vote of the conclave – the secretive process to choose a new pope – has failed to reach a decision.
After a lengthy wait, black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney at around 9pm local time – meaning the 133 cardinals inside have not been able to choose a new pontiff.
Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square for the first vote of conclave – the results of which took more than two hours to announce.
Cardinals will return tomorrow to a closed-door Sistine Chapel for more rounds of voting.
The BBC’s Laura Gozzi was in Vatican City all day alongside the waiting crowds.
Filmed by John Johnson
The first vote of the conclave – the secretive process to choose a new pope – has failed to reach a decision.
After a lengthy wait, black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney at around 9pm local time – meaning the 133 cardinals inside have not been able to choose a new pontiff.
Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square for the first vote of conclave – the results of which took more than two hours to announce.
Cardinals will return tomorrow to a closed-door Sistine Chapel for more rounds of voting.
The BBC’s Laura Gozzi was in Vatican City all day alongside the waiting crowds.
Filmed by John Johnson
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