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 ...

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

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

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the ...

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

Cardinals resumed their voting in the secret conclave, having already failed to choose a new pope in the first round of ...

Cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to select a new pope after the death of Pope Francis. What ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the ...

The 133 voting cardinals were again unable to elect a successor to Pope Francis, during the first round of voting on the ...

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.

Conclave begins today to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Here’s what time to watch for black or white smoke, how the process ...