The Cardinals gathered at the Sistine Chapel failed to elect a new pope on the morning of second day of the conclave. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from the Vactican

A new pontiff has been selected on the second day of the conclave. The signal was met with an eruption of cheers from the crowd that had gathered in anticipation in St Peter's Squar

In Rome, crowds have gathered at St Peter's Square, their eyes fixed on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. They are eagerly awaiting the appointment of a new pope, hoping for white smoke to signal the decision.

FRANCE 24's Stuart Norval presents a special edition live from Rome on the day of the first conclave vote to elect a new pope. Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.

They are due to vote again later in the day and the process will continue with as many as four votes a day until the cardinals reach a decision. 

Cardinals failed to elect a new head for the Catholic Church on Thursday midday, with black smoke rising from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals are set to vote twice more on Thursday.

  Black smoke has emerged at the Vatican, indicating no Pope has been elected. Vatican, Rome | THE INDEPENDENT |  Black smoke signaled the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00 local time, hours after the doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed with the words, “Extra omnes” or “Everyone out.” According to …

Cardinals of the Catholic Church did not elect a new pope on Wednesday on the first day of the conclave.

White smoke will appear from the chimney of the Oudenbosch Basilica when a successor to the late Pope Francis is chosen in Vatican City, a chairman of a church foundation said. It will be the second time that the basilica has done this.The church in Noord-Brabant, with the full name of The Basilica of the Holy Agatha and Barbara, has a similar look to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The nave of the Dutch church is a scaled copy to the basilica linked to the Sistine Chapel.

If recent conclaves are anything to go by, we could see the new pope later today.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney. ___ This is...