Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

The history of the white smoke, which indicates that the cardinals have elected a new successor of St ... of Pope Benedict XV. If the smoke coming out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel is ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

The conclave will start behind the closed wooden doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon ... that a pope has been chosen. The great bell of St Peter’s Basilica will ring out as ...

After just four votes, white smoke has been seen billowing from the Sistine Chapel's chimney ... directly from St Peter’s balcony or through written notices. In 2005, unclear smoke during Pope ...

People follow fads to fit in. And because it’s easy, which becoming Catholic is not, requiring time commitments and internal ...

with smoke pouring from a makeshift chimney above the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke indicates inconclusive votes, while white smoke tells the world that a pope has been chosen. The great bell of St ...

White smoke appeared to billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this afternoon ... In addition, a bell is rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which ...

The papal conclave in the Vatican has chosen the new Pope as white smoke has been seen billowing out from the Sistine Chapel. A bell has also rung out to mark the election of Robert Francis Prevost as ...