U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost is Pope Leo XIV (Pope Francis has passed away)

[Karen-W]

Black smoke!

 

[ilovepaydays]

And……the first ballot results in……BLACK SMOKE!

 

[Badams]

I am not Catholic, so please forgive my confusion. Are these birds the cardinals everyone keeps mentioning?

Nope. Just seagulls. At one point there was a baby bird playing on the roof.

 

[PRlady]

10/12 for me!

The Jewish girl got 11. She says smugly.

 

[Wyliefan]

The Jewish girl got 11. She says smugly.

 

[BittyBug]

It doesn't take that long to write down a name and deposit the ballot. The ballot is secret, so they don't announce the votes as they go. They just count the votes at the end. There's no reason why it can't be done in the first few hours.

The ballot is secret but I thought I read that they read the names out loud as they're counting the ballots, and that's what they did in the movie. IIRC.

 

[Karen-W]

The ballot is secret but I thought I read that they read the names out loud as they're counting the ballots, and that's what they did in the movie. IIRC.

I'm fairly certain they do an out-loud vote count. I'm not sure if the rest of the cardinals are allowed to tally votes as it goes along as portrayed in the movie, though.

 

[skatfan]

Take the NYT Papal Conclave quiz:

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Only 8 out of 12. But I'm protestant so who cares.

 

[sk8pics]

There is speculation among journalists that the delay in the vote may be due to one of the cardinals going on too long in his prayer or meditation before the vote.

It is kind of funny but I really hope they would take plenty of time for prayer and meditation before voting…

Or, maybe some guy arrived claiming that Pope Francis had secretly appointed him a cardinal and they had to take the time to determine if the guy should be included in the conclave.

 

[Allskate]

It is kind of funny but I really hope they would take plenty of time for prayer and meditation before voting…

I would hope they didn't wait until this afternoon to do that. The report was referring to a particular cardinal who tends to be quite long-winded. In any event, as I understand it from the reporting, it always has been the plan that they would take one vote tonight.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Here’s the itinerary for tomorrow.

Apparently, they are going to have Mass, do two votes during the morning (~10:30am & noon), have lunch, and then two votes in the afternoon/evening. They expect to be done, one way or another, by 7:00pm local time.

 

[Lynn226]

This Jewish, formerly Protestant, girl got 11/12. I missed the question about the author of Conclave.

 

[becca]

I would not be surprised if this goes longer than last time

 

[paskatefan]

OK, I took the quiz & for the record, as a Jewish girl, I got 7/12 (I know, nothing to brag about, but that's what I got ).

 

[ilovepaydays]

I found two more live feeds of the conclave & smoke cam.

Associated Press - Two angles of Vatican City & two more of the front and back of the smoke chimney.
Newsweek Smoke Cam

The cardinals had their two votes this morning. Both resulted in black smoke.

 

[Frau Muller]

Loving ERDO of Hungary…and PIZZABALLA of Jerusalem/Italy!!! URBI et ORBI! Conservative, please!

 

[kwanfan1818]

I got 9, and 6-7 of those from reading this thread,

 

[ilovepaydays]

Loving ERDO of Hungary…and PIZZABALLA of Jerusalem/Italy!!! URBI et ORBI! Conservative, please!

So….if Pierbattista Pizzaballa ends up being elected Pope and he picks “John” as his papal name (I think that would be Pope John XXIV), that makes him “Papa John”, right?

 

[Karen-W]

So….if Pierbattista Pizzaballa ends up being elected Pope and he picks “John” as his papal name (I think that would be Pope John XXIV), that makes him “Papa John”, right?

Please, let this happen. And then let Papa John's come up with some limited time menu item called "pizza balls". We need this sort of irreverence every so often, lol.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Please, let this happen. And then let Papa John's come up with some limited time menu item called "pizza balls". We need this sort of irreverence every so often, lol.

WAIT. Now that I haven’t stopped thinking about Cardinal Pizzaballa possibly becoming “Papa John XXIV”, will this mean that if the Catholic Church starts selling indulgences again, the American Catholics will only buy them if they get an email for 50% off because their local sports team or hero did well the previous day?

 

[Badams]

So….if Pierbattista Pizzaballa ends up being elected Pope and he picks “John” as his papal name (I think that would be Pope John XXIV), that makes him “Papa John”, right?

Now I have a horse in this race! PLEASE let this happen!!!

 

[Karen-W]

White smoke!!!!!

So, 4 5 votes this time around.

 

[ilovepaydays]

WHITE SMOKE, Y’ALL!!!!

I’m very much a Protestant, but seeing this greatly excites me!

 

[Badams]

I'm seriously gonna miss watching those birds.

 

[ilovepaydays]

This marching band and the Swiss Guards are pretty cool!

 

[BlueRidge]

How long until we find out who the new pope is?

I love the videos of the crowds.

 

[sk8pics]

I would hope they didn't wait until this afternoon to do that. The report was referring to a particular cardinal who tends to be quite long-winded. In any event, as I understand it from the reporting, it always has been the plan that they would take one vote tonight.

I didn’t realize it was a cardinal praying aloud. Anyway, I assumed they would pray beforehand but continue throughout. It’s not like they say 5 prayers ahead of time and they’re done.

Waiting to hear about the new pope! I’m surprised it didn’t take longer…

 

[skategal]

My mom said she knew it wouldn’t take long because it’s a new era now and they took all the Cardinal’s iPads and cellphones. No one can last long without that anymore.

 

[Karen-W]

This marching band and the Swiss Guards are pretty cool!

I was thinking that only the Vatican can do pomp & circumstance at the same level as the British, lol.

How long until we find out who the new pope is?

I love the videos of the crowds.

Probably within the next 10-15 minutes. They were saying it's usually 40-45 minutes from the time the white smoke appears to the balcony appearance.

 

[ilovepaydays]

I'm seriously gonna miss watching those birds.

Especially the baby!