The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel Wednesday before sealing themselves inside.

Thousands of spectators witnessed black smoke emerging in St. Peter's Square as the cardinals failed to decide a new pope with majority of votes.Isolated cardinals are set to spend a second day inside Vatican City as they attempt to pick a

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots. There are still two more votes possible later in the day.