STORY: :: Black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel as the morning conclave vote on day two fails to elect a pope
:: May 8, 2025
:: Vatican City
The cardinals held an initial inconclusive vote on Wednesday evening.
They will now hold two votes in the morning and two in the afternoon daily until someone wins the necessary two-thirds majority to become the next pontiff.
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