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

Outside the conclave, people can only see the smoke rising from the chapel's chimney — the sole form of communication between the conclave and the outside world. But what does the smoke mean? There ...

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

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

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

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

A new pope was not elected on Wednesday, May 7. Black smoke was seen from the Sistine Chimney following the conclave's first vote by cardinals, which means that they did not reach the two-third ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

The Catholic church's eligible cardinals are behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor ...

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