The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the dark, carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an ...

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...

The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the dark, carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an ...

All eyes will be on a small chimney on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel today as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a ...

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

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...

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

As the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis begins, cardinals will be voting multiple times per day until a ...

The first secret conclave voting round went ahead today but no pope was elected as shown by the black smoke rising from the ...

The same goes for the afternoon voting – if there is a two-thirds consensus after the first round of balloting in the ...

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