Summary
Cardinals commenced a second day of voting to elect a new pope, having reached no consensus on the first day. Four rounds of voting are planned as the cardinals remain sequestered until a new pontiff is selected. The conclave, the largest in history with representatives from around 70 countries, has not produced a clear front-runner, and black smoke emerging from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel indicated that no candidate achieved the necessary two-thirds majority to succeed the late Pope Francis.
