Black smoke rises again from Sistine Chapel as cardinals fail to elect new pope

Black smoke rises again from Sistine Chapel as cardinals fail to elect new pope

The Catholic Church remains without a new leader as black smoke once again billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday morning, signaling that the second round of voting by the College of Cardinals failed to produce a pope. At approximately 10:50 a.m. UK time, the dark smoke—an iconic signal—indicated no candidate had received the…