Cardinals begin papal election with inconclusive vote
- Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 09.49
- Online news: World
Cardinals held a first inconclusive vote in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday as they began the process of electing a successor to Benedict XVI, with tens of thousands of people packed into St Peter's Square to watch the time-honoured tradition.
People gather on St Peter's Square on March 12, 2013 as the cardinals meet to pick a new pope. Black smoke after the first vote signaled that they did not have a result.
The crowd cheered as black smoke billowed into the night air above the Vatican from a thin copper chimney on the chapel's roof, indicating that no pope had been elected.
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