Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

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

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

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 ...

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

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

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

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

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

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

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

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