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Live conclave cam: First American pope greets public
The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no decision, while white smoke means a new pope has been chosen.
After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as ...
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...
The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...
By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...
Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...
Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.
A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...
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