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Conclave notebook: a ringside seat for first day of smoke

Catholic Herald Thursday, 8 May 2025 ()
Under a darkening evening sky with seagulls and flashing drones swooping over the crowd crammed into St Peter’s Square, the black smoke finally came at 9 p.m. from the Sistine Chapel. The crowd roared but the dark soot-like colour came as no surprise. The starting gun had gone off for the race to win the
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News video: No pope elected on first day of conclave as black smoke appears above Vatican

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No pope elected on first day of conclave as black smoke appears above Vatican Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the closed-door process of electing the next pontiff, following the late Pope Francis' passing on 21 April. Follow...

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