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 ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

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 ...

Black smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, indicating that the cardinals have not been able to pick a new ...

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

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney early Thursday, signaling that the College of Cardinals has not yet ...

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

If Thursday afternoon's rounds of voting fail to produce a two-thirds majority, black smoke will billow from the chimney at the Vatican again, at around 7 pm. It will be white if a new pope is elected ...

A successful candidate to replace Pope Francis, who died April 21, will require a two-thirds majority of the voting cardinals. White smoke -- fumata bianca -- will signify that a new pope has been ...