AP PHOTOS: Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to elect a new pope
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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.
The morning sun shines on the St. Peter’s Basilica with the Sistine Chapel at background right, where the cardinals elect a new pope during the conclave at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The morning sun shines on the St. Peter’s Basilica with the Sistine Chapel at background right, where the cardinals elect a new pope during the conclave at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Nuns arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Nuns arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Group of faithful from France chant religious songs as they arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Group of faithful from France chant religious songs as they arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People at St. Peter’s square wait to see smoke pour from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People at St. Peter’s square wait to see smoke pour from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A worker cleans the St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A worker cleans the St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Clouds drift over St. Peter’s Basilica during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Clouds drift over St. Peter’s Basilica during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People gather under Pope’s balcony in St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People gather under Pope’s balcony in St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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