Dom Arlindo Furtado among the 133 cardinals to elect the new Pope – black smoke at the start of the second day of voting

Praia, May 8 (Inforpress) - The second day of the Conclave, an event that for the first time has the presence of a Cape Verdean cardinal, Dom Arlindo Furtado, to elect the successor to Pope Francis, began with two rounds of voting, still without consensus.

Repeating the outcome of Wednesday night, reported Globo in its edition this morning, the black smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning signaled that the 133 cardinal electors had not yet reached a consensus on who should be the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Dom Arlindo Furtado, bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, appears to be one of the 133 cardinal electors who, representing 70 countries, meet in this Conclave, isolated from the rest of the world, to choose the 267th successor of Peter, founder of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church.

Like the other cardinals, Dom Arlindo Furtado took the oath on Wednesday, as cardinal elector in the Conclave to elect the new Pope.

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