
Black Smoke Rises: No Pope Elected on First Day
Vatican City, May 7, 2025 — Black smoke rises: no pope elected on the first day of the 2025 conclave. As the dense plume rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, it signaled that the 133 cardinal-electors had failed to reach the two-thirds majority—at least 89 votes—required to elect a new leader for…