Black smoke billows from Sistine Chapel chimney, no new pope following first conclave vote
MARCH 12: Black smoke billows out from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have failed to elect a new Pope on March 12, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty …
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Posted: 03/12/2013
VATICAN CITY -
(AP) -- Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try.
The cardinals held the first day of the conclave Tuesday deeply divided over the problems of the church and who best among them could fix them following the stunning resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
The Vatican made clear it didn't expect a winner on the first ballot.
The cardinals now return to the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel for the night.
They return to the Apostolic Palace for Mass Wednesday morning and a new round of voting.
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