Dwell updates: New pope to be elected by the conclave

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, signaling that the cardinals had voted however not but reached the two-thirds majority wanted to elect a brand new pope.

However this was to be anticipated. Nobody was actually anticipating white smoke final night time. That’s as a result of the primary vote is actually about setting out the place the help lies inside the cardinals.

If there’s white smoke early within the conclave, it could point out that one of many frontrunners might have achieved the consensus.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are seen as favorites as a result of lots of the cardinals know who they’re.

We should bear in mind, it is a group of cardinals drawn from the world over, who don’t know one another very nicely. They’ve been carrying identify badges once they’ve been assembly.

However Parolin and Tagle have roles within the Vatican, which suggests they’ve met lots of the cardinals. They’re identified – that’s what makes them frontrunners.

Cardinal Parolin, who’s presiding over the papal conclave, clearly has help inside the Vatican. There was an embrace from Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re throughout the Mass yesterday, with Cardinal Re saying “double good needs.”

Now, that might imply good luck in your position overseeing the conclave, but it surely may be considered in different methods. It was fairly an fascinating gesture.