VATICAN CITY: Catholics gathered from the early morning in St Peter's Square on Wednesday for the first full day of a conclave to elect a new pope, saying they wanted a compassionate leader who would bring hope to the world.
There were disappointed faces among the faithful huddled under umbrellas in a rainy Vatican, after black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, meaning cardinals had failed to choose a pontiff in the day's first two votes.
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