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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the ...
The answer: black smoke means they've voted, but no pope has been chosen. White smoke means a new pope has indeed been voted in. So that's why you're seeing livestreams of the Sistine Chapel ...
The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...