Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal ...

Conclave begins today to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Here’s what time to watch for black or white smoke, how the process ...

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

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The Vatican’s cardinals gather in conclave today to begin electing the successor to the late Pope Francis—which means the ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...