The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

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

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...

Black smoke billowed over the Vatican on Wednesday to signal that no candidate received the required two-thirds majority of ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

On Thursday, May 8, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney ... AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Conclave to Pick New ...

But the history of this device is anything but obvious. The smoke system as a public signal officially dates back to the conclave of 1878, when Pope Leo XIII was elected, in the world Vincenzo ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to elect a new pope. Thousands of people cheered in Vatican Square when the ...

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday backed a proposed unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...