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UPD In the third round of voting in Rome, the Conclave of Cardinals at the Vatican failed to elect the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, as the black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel indicated at 6.20 pm (local time in Greece). The cardinals will now take a short break […]

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