India, May 8 -- For a second day, black smoke poured out from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, indicating that the cardinals have failed to select Pope Francis' successor. The 88-year-old spiritual leader died on April 21 after suffering a stroke that caused a coma and irreversible heart failure.

All of the 133 cardinals arrived in Rome to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope. On the first day of the conclave, too, black smoke was observed, which led to the continuance of the proceedings to the second day, but that too has given the same result till now.

The black smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney at 11:50 a.m. (0950 GMT). It signalled that the second and third ballots of the con...