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

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

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

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 doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...

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

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

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On Thursday, the first full day, the cardinals will have morning prayers and head into the Sistine Chapel around 9:30 local ...

Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...