2025 conclave continues for a second day as cardinals resume voting to pick a new pope
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2025 conclave continues for a second day as cardinals resume voting to pick a new pope
The 133 Catholic cardinal electors tasked with choosing a new pope to succeed Pope Francis were sequestered for a second day on Thursday as the 2025 conclave continued at the Vatican. On Wednesday evening, the prelates from six continents conducted a first round of voting in the Sistine Chapel, but sent black smoke up through the chimney in the evening to signal that a new pontiff had not yet been chosen.The conclave began Wednesday, 16 days after Pope Francis, who led the world's 1.4 billion Catholics for 12 years, died at the age of 88. A new pope will be selected ..