Rome (CNN) -- Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Tuesday night, indicating that cardinals gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope had not chosen one in the first ballot of their conclave.
The start of the secret
election got underway earlier in the day, as the heavy wooden doors to
the chapel swung closed on the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals charged with
selecting the next pontiff.
The next round of voting
will begin Wednesday morning. Results will be revealed by puffs of smoke
from the chimney following each ballot.
Black smoke, no pope. White smoke, success.