Black smoke after conclave’s first ballot

After a long wait among the expectant crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square, so much so that rumours had started to build, black smoke finally emerged from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel at approximately 9 p.m. local time in Rome. The signal of black smoke served to show that the 133 cardinal-electors had failed The post Black smoke after conclave’s first ballot first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post Black smoke after conclave’s first ballot appeared first on Catholic Herald.