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 ...

Crowds of Catholics and tourists gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican are training their eyes on the Sistine Chapel ...

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

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney early Thursday, signaling that the College of Cardinals has not yet ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected in the first round ...

May 7 was the first full day of the papal conclave, in which 135 cardinals are sequestered from the outside world until they ...

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

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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 ...