Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals ...

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

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Black smoke emanated from the chimney atop the Sistine ... College of Cardinals ordered “everybody out” and started the conclave proper, a glacially slow, ancient rite of voting and counting.

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

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

Shortly after 9pm, black smoke emitted from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that no one was elected in the ...

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 ...

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

At almost 8pm on the nose clouds of black smoke appeared over the Vatican. That, of course, meant that the first ballot in the conclave to elect a new pope has finished without any one of the 133 ...

Voting will resume on Thursday, and up to four rounds of voting can take place each day, two in the morning and two in the ...

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