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 ...

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

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 ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been ...

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

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

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

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...