Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=43198 Conclave procedure requires eligible cardinals-sequestered, sworn to secrecy, and confined to the Sistine Chapel-to follow liturgical oaths and formal commands such as "extra omnes," surrender communications, and cast successive ballots until a qualified supermajority elects a pope; black smoke externally signals that no candidate secured election on a given ballot. en-us Thu, 08 May 2025 01:01:02 +0530 Thu, 08 May 2025 01:01:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=43198 Conclave procedure requires eligible cardinals-sequestered, sworn to secrecy, and confined to the Sistine Chapel-to follow liturgical oaths and formal commands such as "extra omnes," surrender communications, and cast successive ballots until a qualified supermajority elects a pope; black smoke externally signals that no candidate secured election on a given ballot. News - Thu, 08 May 2025 01:01:02 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=43198