Fresno man details first-hand experience of Conclave voting

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- In the precocious hours of Wednesday successful Rome and aft overmuch anticipation, achromatic fume billowed retired of the Sistine Chapel, meaning the 267th Roman Pontiff has not been chosen.

"It's been a time filled with events astatine the Vatican, and arsenic clip passed, everyone thought we were going to spot achromatic fume due to the fact that it got aboriginal and aboriginal into the night," said Diocese of Fresno communications manager Chandler Marquez.

Hundreds of thousands of radical astir the satellite patiently waited for the fume signal, and tens of thousands stood for hours astatine the Vatican City, including Marquez.

He's been successful Rome since Sunday and had a beforehand enactment spot to witnesser history.

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"I was lasting connected apical of the Vatican, truthful I had a large view, and thousands of radical were there," Marquez said.

Pope Francis was seen arsenic a progressive person who highlighted inclusivity.

Marquez says that aft speaking with hundreds of radical successful the Central Valley and galore much successful Rome, he's proceeding that radical privation a Pope who volition proceed that effort.

"I volition accidental this, the cardinals met this greeting earlier mass, and they made it wide that they privation to proceed the bequest of Pope Francis and each that helium has done," Marquez said.

Marquez says it's almighty to spot the outpouring of enactment from the faithful and hopes to witnesser achromatic fume successful the coming day, meaning that the caller Pope, who volition service arsenic the caput of 1.3 cardinal Catholics, has been elected.

"When we spot that achromatic fume and we spot a caller person that is going to instrumentality the religion adjacent further and proceed a bequest and truly a assemblage of faith, that is truly going to beryllium something," Marquez said.

The Conclave volition conscionable time and ballot up to 4 rounds, if necessary.

The adjacent Pope indispensable person a two-thirds majority, which means astatine slightest 89 votes retired of 133 electors.

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