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

Here's what to know about the black and white smoke used during a papal conclave. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you ...

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

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...

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

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

At Conclave, what's the difference between white smoke and black smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney? We have an ...

A new pope was not elected on Wednesday, May 7. Black smoke was seen from the Sistine Chimney following the conclave's first vote by cardinals, which means that they did not reach the two-third ...

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

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