Pope’s choice 2025: Black smoke increased from the chimney

8. May 2025 at 12:00 I Updated at 12:12

Vatican. Conclave did not choose the conclave in Thursday’s two rounds of the votes of the new Pope, and black smoke came out of the chimney over the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican shortly before noon.

The election of the head of the Catholic Church and the successor of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, will continue in the afternoon.

If the White Smoke comes out, the Pope will be elected, if no, the nearest smoke will only be released after the fourth vote after seven o’clock in the evening.

Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista RE expects white smoke tonight. The chimney can smoke twice more today – after half past four and after 7 pm.

To put it simply, Cardinal Dean is the President of the Cardinal College. His statement from his position and experience therefore has a lot of weight.

On the chimney they installed on the Sistine Chapel by firefighters last week, cameras Television staffs from around the world. It is followed by thousands of people directly on the Svätopeter Square.

The Conclave began on Wednesday late in the afternoon and around 21.00 pm, black smoke appeared, by which the Cardinals announced that they did not choose the Pope for the first time.

The election of 267. The Pope in the history of the Catholic Church is needed by a two -thirds majority of the 133 cardinals present, ie 89 votes.