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(NewsNation) — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel for the 2nd time of voting to select the adjacent pope Thursday. The archetypal ballot of the time ended successful achromatic fume — meaning nary caller pope had been chosen.
Up to 4 votes are expected Thursday arsenic the conclave continues to regenerate Pope Francis.
The 133 cardinals eligible to prime the adjacent pope were unable to hold Wednesday, resulting successful achromatic fume billowing from the chimneys.
When idiosyncratic receives a two-thirds bulk of the cardinals' votes, they volition go the 267th pope, and white smoke volition capable the aerial supra the Vatican.
For overmuch of the past century, a conclave has required betwixt 3 and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days successful 1978 — was elected connected the 4th ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected connected the 5th successful 2013.
To this day, overmuch enigma surrounds the conclave, a process that consists of concealed votes, governmental intrigue and, of course, faith. Cardinals instrumentality an oath of secrecy, and the punishment for violating it is excommunication.
“Ironically, we cognize a large woody much astir what happened successful conclaves 500 years agone due to the fact that each of those letters are sitting astir successful authorities archives successful Paris, Vienna, Madrid and truthful on,” Miles Pattenden, University of Oxford, told NewsNation.
This year’s conclave is the largest and astir divers successful the past of the Catholic Church, with a immense bulk of participating cardinals appointed by Francis himself.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
