Another round of voting is complete without a new pope being elected, as black smoke is emitted from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.
The first round of voting on Wednesday had ended in the emissions of black smoke, signifying no Pope had been elected.
The second round of voting had got underway on Thursday morning, but the deadlock had yet to be broken.
A white smoke would have heralded the emergence of a new Pope.
The process got dilated until a new Pope emerges. THE CONCLAVE online newspaper reports that there might be one or two more rounds of voting on Thursday until a consensus is achieved.
One hundred thirty three cardinals gathered again on Thursday under the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which are decorated with Michelangelo’s frescoes, including “The Creation of Adam,” where they cast their second set of ballots to make one among them the next leader of the Catholic Church’s more than 1 billion members worldwide.
A successful candidate to replace Pope Francis, who died April 21, will require a two-thirds majority of the voting cardinals.
The first ballot on Wednesday had failed, resulting in a plume of black smoke — fumata nera in Italian — from the chapel’s chimney.
White smoke — fumata bianca — will signify that a new pope has been elected, as will the ringing of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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