On Thursday, May 8, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, signaling to the world that the 267th pope has ...

A new pontiff has been selected on the second day of the conclave. The signal was met with an eruption of cheers from the ...

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

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

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

He has been elected as Pope Leo XIV and emerged onto the balcony to an eruption of applause while people could be heard ...

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 ...

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

White smoke was seen emerging from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel. This means a new pontiff has been elected on the ...

“Conclave” means “with a key ... Black smoke means a new pope has not been elected. White smoke means there is a new pope. So where does this tradition come from – and how do they ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signalling a new pope has been chosen to replace the late ...