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Cardinals hold vote for new pope as watch begins for smoke from Vatican chimney
The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. St Peter, regarded as the first pope, was elected around 30AD. In the morning, cardinals will take part in a mass in St Peter’s Basilica. Later, in the afternoon, the cardinals will walk in a procession along the Via delle Fondamenta to the Sistine Chapel.
Papal Conclave Begins: World watching Vatican chimney in anticipation
Cardinal electors are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new Pope until they have a two-thirds majority. NBC News International Correspondent Claudio Lavanga, MSNBC Vatican Analyst Deborah Lubov and Jesuit Conference President Father Timothy Kesicki,
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WATCH LIVE: Conclave begins to elect new pope, smoke to billow from Sistine Chapel chimney after first vote
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a morning Mass on Wednesday before opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,
Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...
A seagull was spotted several times on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, near the chimney where smoke will let ...
In an era of instant scoops, steady leaks and unlimited rumors, the College of Cardinals stays mum on picking the new pope.
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
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