Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

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White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

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.

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

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

This all came to a head on Thursday when the papal conclave finally sent up white smoke from the Sistine Chapel, signalling ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

Prévost will go by the papal name of Pope Leo XIV. After a candidate is selected by a majority of the vote, white smoke is ...

The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

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