At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

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.

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

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...

No cameras will be allowed inside the church during the vote, so the result will remain secret until white smoke emerges from the chimney that has been affixed atop the Sistine Chapel. Is there a ...

Crowds of Catholics and tourists gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican are training their eyes on the Sistine Chapel to watch for white or black smoke as cardinals tasked with electing a ...

When cardinals elect a successor for Pope Francis, the first indication will not be a communiqué or a social media post, but a puff of white smoke. But the centuries-old tradition has changed over ...

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

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