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

The black smoke indicates more voting is ahead. If a candidate is selected, the final round of ballots are burned with ...

If the two-thirds majority is not reached, black smoke is emitted instead, signaling that the conclave will resume with ...

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

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

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

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

The Vatican’s cardinals gather in conclave today to begin electing the successor to the late Pope Francis—which means the ...

The Catholic Church doesn't have a new Pop as the first day of the conclave ends with the cardinals not electing a successor ...

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 prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has stepped down temporarily as an investigation by United ...

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