Conclave: fumata nera alle 11.51 – LIVE – Notizie

Today, the voting to choose the new Pope resumed: second and third scrutiny of the conclave ended with no result. The black smoke appeared at 11:51. The elector cardinals gathered at 8 in the Apostolic Palace to celebrate mass and prayers in the Paolina Chapel. They then retired to the Sistine Chapel to recite the Midday Prayer and proceed with the first two votes.

With the whole world watching, the image of the chimney of St. Peter’s dominates the homepages of major international websites. These sites are dedicated to the election of the new Pontiff with live streaming and real-time updates on their live blogs. From Europe to the United States, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, the Conclave is covered minute by minute.
In the American media, there is significant coverage of the second day of voting by the cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, waiting, as CNN headlines, for the white smoke in a climate of great uncertainty. While The New York Times, to inform those less familiar with the Conclave rituals, highlights the tradition of the smoke, explaining in detail how the Vatican communicates to the world who the new Pope is. Fox News emphasizes the importance of the name chosen by the new Pontiff, from which, it is explained, one can often infer the pastoral line.

In Europe, The Guardian notes that “history suggests that the white smoke could appear today, on the second day of voting,” while Le Monde gives ample space to the hypothesis of an African Pope, with an overview of the papabili cardinals, from the Congo to Ghana, Central Africa, Morocco, and Guinea: “All prelates close to Pope Francis – writes the French newspaper – who have distinguished themselves for their battles and positions in recent years.” El Pais speaks of a “decisive day to understand if it will be a quick Conclave, as the last two have been, or if the tensions of the last 12 years of Pope Francis’ pontificate will lead to a deadlock in the voting.” Finally, Clarin writes of ‘suspense,’ for which if the favorite for post-Bergoglio remains Pietro Parolin, the odds of an outsider to whom nobody would have thought of some time ago rise: the American cardinal Robert Prevost, Archbishop of Chicago.

“We are doing a great job on the conclave, already started with the deployment of forces put in place for Pope Francis’ funeral. We are doing this to manage the current influx in St. Peter’s Square, of about 50-60 thousand people, which is not excessive, but above all in view of the inauguration mass of the new Pope, which could see a particularly large participation. We are ready, the emergency services are ready, the civil protection is ready, we are really well organized.” This was stated by the President of the Lazio Region, Francesco Rocca, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Health Village at the Circus Maximus in Rome in view of the Race for the Cure on Sunday, May 11.