White smoke poured on the chimney of the Sistine Church in Vatican on Thursday afternoon, indicating cardinal voters A new pope was chosen. The following article predates the Cardinal’s decisive vote.

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Seeing black smoke surfaced from the chimney above the Sistine Church on Thursday, suggesting that 133 Catholic cardinal voters were tasked with choosing the new pope to succeed Pope Francis’s pope, the third time. The Cardinal was quarantined on Thursday for the second day 2025 Conference continued.

On Wednesday night, bishops from six continents held their first round of votes at Sistine Church, but Spread black smoke Pass through the chimney at night instruct No new pope has been selected.

The conclusion began on Wednesday, 16 days after Pope Francis led the world's 1.4 billion Catholics at the age of 88.

A new pope will be selected when the candidate receives more than two-thirds of the majority of the cardinal voters. When this happens, white smoke will be emitted to the chimney of Sistine Church to indicate that the new pope has been chosen.

Until one person's vote is reached, the electors hold two votes at the meeting every morning, and then two more votes in the afternoon after lunch break. The smoke after each round of votes shows that there is still no new pope.

Unpredictable How long will the conference instrument last?but many observers expect the Cardinal to choose one The new pope may come from their own teamwithin a few days.

Pope historian Rebecca Rist told CBS News Network BBC News. “So I doubt we will make a decision on Saturday.”

The audience began entering St. Peter’s Square early Thursday after thousands gathered to watch Wednesday night’s smoke signal.

“I don’t mind it’s black smoke, it shows that the Holy Spirit is working,” James Kleineck, who visited the Vatican at his home in Texas, said Wednesday. "There will be other votes soon. We will get the Pope."