Cardinals will vote again on Thursday to choose the new pope after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began.
The smoke billowed out at 9 pm.Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
