Prévost will go by the papal name of Pope Leo XIV. After a candidate is selected by a majority of the vote, white smoke is ...

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 ...

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

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

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

FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to ...

Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

This livestream has ended. White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected ...

Here's what to know about the black and white smoke used during a papal conclave. A papal conclave is an election of a new pope, conducted by the College of Cardinals − bishops and Vatican ...

The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the dark, carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an ...