A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke will be sent up the chimney of the Sistine Chapel when that happens, to indicate a new pope has been chosen.

Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on Thursday, unless a pontiff is chosen in the first round after lunch.

The Catholic Church doesn't have a new Pop as the first day of the conclave ends with the cardinals not electing a successor to Pope Francis