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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...

The 133 Catholic cardinal electors tasked with choosing a new pope to succeed Pope Francis were sequestered for a second day ...