Black smoke billows out from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have failed to elect a new Pope. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
Cardinals queuing in the Sistine Chapel to swear on the Bible before the start of the conclave at the Vatican. (AFP/Getty Images)
People watch on a video monitor in St. Peter’s Square as Monsignor Guido Marini closes the double doors to the Sistine Chapel. (Michael Sohn / Associated Press)
A pilgrim kneels on the cobblestones of St. Peter’s Square while inside St. Peter’s Basilica cardinals celebrate Mass before entering the papal conclave. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)
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Nuns from the Instituto Serve del Signore e della Vergine di Matara sing hymns under the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
The Roman Catholic Church’s 115 cardinal electors take part in a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica before entering the papal conclave. (MICHAEL KAPPELER / EPA)
The carved stone disk known as the West Ponente (West Wind) on St. Peter’s Square on the first day of the papal conclave. (CIRO FUSCO / EPA)
