VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope. VATICAN CITY ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Around 6 p.m. local time in Rome, white smoke began to come from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating the conclave has chosen its 267th pope. This means at least two-thirds of the cardinals ...

The Vatican News, the official communications outlet of the Vatican, posted on X on Wednesday that all nonessential personnel had left the Sistine Chapel so the cardinals could vote in private. The ...

White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican’s tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal electors voted a successor to Pope John Paul I, who died after 33 days as ...

(CN) — White smoke billowed Thursday evening from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel in Rome, signaling Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the ...