Following black smoke on the first night of voting, Cardinals are entering the second day of the papal conclave to elect a new pope.
Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that the cardinals meeting in the conclave on 7th May did not reach a decision on a new Pope.
Scores are gathering at St Peter’s Square to wait for the result of the vote.
According to a BBC report, the 133 cardinals who retired last will have breakfast and attend Mass this morning before returning to deliberations.
They are not allowed to communicate with the outside world until a new pope is elected.
Most of the cardinals voting in the conclave are in their 60s and 70s, but the youngest is just 45. He is Mykola Bychok, a Ukrainian-born bishop based in Melbourne and Australia’s highest-ranked Catholic official after Pope Francis made him a cardinal in October last year.
