First conclave vote to elect new pope fails as black smoke emerges

Being in St Peter’s Square today is like being back in the moving statues Ireland of 1985,

says Patsy

I hope we’ll see white smoke when I get back to Rome this evening.”

Speaking to reporters in Pompeii, the 91-year-old who is excluded from the conclave because he is over 80 said

My hope is that cardinals will choose a man who can be a peacemaker and could reunify the church,

said Gabriel Capry, a 27-year-old from London

The church has many divisions between liberals and conservatives, which are divisions that should not be, because I believe that the Church is universal,

said Juan Benitez, a 37-year-old Colombian

Let us pray, then, that the Holy Spirit, who in the last hundred years has given us a series of truly holy and great pontiffs, will give us a new pope according to God’s heart for the good of the Church and of humanity.”

Reflecting on a century of influential papacies, Re concluded

If we can witness the white smoke that'd be something... that's definitely once in a lifetime,

US tourist Luke Vanderburgh said on Tuesday

Wait and see, a little patience, wait and see,

said Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Vatican's ambassador to Syria

I don't want it rushed — whatever they need to do to make the right decision,

said Barbara Mason, 50, who travelled from Canada for the conclave

You invite each other out,

Dolan said on SiriusXM's The Catholic Channel before the conclave began

I'm praying to the Holy Spirit for a young pope who would stay with us for a long time,

she said