Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney.

Vatican City | Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the ...

After history's most geographically diverse conclave took one round of voting on Wednesday, no winner emerged. The 133 cardinals will retire for the night and return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...

A record 133 cardinals from 70 countries were expected to enter the Sistine Chapel, up from 115 from 48 nations in the last conclave in 2013 - a growth that reflects Pope Francis' efforts to ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney.

Cardinals have reconvened in the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for Pope Francis's successor after the initial ballot yielded no clear winner, indicated by black smoke. The conclave ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel closed on Wednesday, May 7, signaling the beginning of the conclave in which 133 cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died last month after a 12 ...

[AFP] Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, marking the formal start of the conclave to elect a successor to ...

The cardinals have now retired for the night ... and the doors of the Sistine chapel were shut, applause broke out from the crowd in front of St Peter's who were watching on giant screens.