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Why onlookers felt relief when black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel

Name: Why onlookers felt relief when black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel
Uploaded: 2025-05-07T18:09:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: Another vote will be held Thursday after black smoke flowed Wednesday evening from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, signaling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope on the first day of the papal conclave. CBS News papal contributor Francis X. Rocca has more on day one of the conclave.

Another vote will be held Thursday after black smoke flowed Wednesday evening from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, signaling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope on the first day of the papal conclave. CBS News papal contributor Francis X. Rocca has more on day one of the conclave.