Pope Election 2nd Black Smoke Signals No New Pope.

Black
smoke from the first two votes of the conclave entering its second day
has signalled the cardinals tasked with electing a new pope are still
not agreed on Benedict's successor.
They are expected to hold a further two ballots later on the first full day of voting.
The cardinals reconvened for the papal conclave behind closed doors
after the first round of voting on Tuesday night proved inconclusive.
They awoke to attend mass in the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican's
Apostolic Palace and returned to the Renaissance splendour of the
Sistine Chapel to hold two morning ballots.
All eyes remain on the
chimney atop the Vatican's Sistine Chapel as the process of finding a
successor to Benedict XVI, who brought a troubled eight-year papacy to
an abrupt end by resigning last month, will continue until his
replacement is found.
The 115 voting eligible church leaders spent
the night sequestered in the Santa Marta Hotel on the edge of the
Vatican's gardens, without access to television, newspapers, mobile
phones or computers.
They first filed into the chapel chamber,
renowned for its ceiling fresco painted by Renaissance master
Michelangelo, on Tuesday morning to begin their deliberations.
Hours
later after sunset, black smoke billowed from the chimney above the
Vatican, indicating that no-one had gained the two-thirds majority
needed to become the 266th pope.
Only the emergence of white smoke -
produced by mixing the smoke from burning ballots with special flares -
will signal that a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics has
been chosen. - SKY News.
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