They then fold the ballot, hold it up for visibility and carry it to the altar, where a chalice covered by a plate awaits.

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The next person elected pope in the papal conclave will need at least 89 votes in order to achieve the majority from the College of Cardinals.

Crowds of people gathered to enter St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for day two of the papal conclave on Thursday.

An estimated 45,000 people gathered in St Peter's Square on Wednesday to await the results of the first papal conclave vote in Vatican City.

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter's ...

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Cardinals return 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.