The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...

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 ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

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

May 7 was the first full day of the papal conclave, in which 135 cardinals are sequestered from the outside world until they ...

Crowds of Catholics and tourists gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican are training their eyes on the Sistine Chapel ...

Black smoke rose once again from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signaling that the cardinals meeting ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected in the first round ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

Over 45,000 people have watched on as black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling a stalemate ...