Seagull keeps Vatican watchers briefly amused

In the absence of a pope, a seagull stole the show at the papal conclave.

Seagull keeps Vatican watchers briefly amused

In the absence of a pope, a seagull stole the show at the papal conclave.

Smoke watching became bird watching in St. Peter’s Square after a gull spent several minutes perched atop the chimney that belches out smoke from the Sistine Chapel to signal whether or not a pope has been elected.

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