Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

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

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

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 ...

No pope was elected in the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, as black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on ...

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.

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

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor ...

If Thursday afternoon's rounds of voting fail to produce a two-thirds majority, black smoke will billow from the chimney at the Vatican again, at around 7 pm. It will be white if a new pope is elected ...

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