The first vote of the conclave – the secretive process to choose a new pope – has failed to reach a decision.
After a lengthy wait, black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney at around 9pm local time – meaning the 133 cardinals inside have not been able to choose a new pontiff.
Crowds gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square for the first vote of conclave – the results of which took more than two hours to announce.
Cardinals will return on Thursday morning to a closed-door Sistine Chapel for more rounds of voting.
The BBC’s Laura Gozzi was in Vatican City alongside the waiting crowds.
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