Since 1914, white smoke has indicated the election of a new pope. A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke – white (positive) and black (negative) – lies behind the use of the two ...

Incense (from the Latin incendere ... Sacramental Theology and Director of the ACU Centre for Liturgy, Australian Catholic University ...

By Ronda Kaysen Q: My Manhattan condo board recently added prohibitions against candles and incense to its no-smoking policy, to reduce odors and fire risk, with fines starting at $100.

For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave ... Catholics utilise smoke in many rituals in the form of incense. Incense (from the Latin incendere, meaning “to ...