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. Latest U.S.

As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the ...

In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) ... the College of Cardinals discuss the needs and challenges facing the Catholic Church.

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The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of ...

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The smoke billowed out ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, ... He headed the Vatican’s evangelization office responsible for the Catholic Church in much of the developing world.

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine ... inconclusive first vote by cardinals locked in the Sistine Chapel in a conclave to elect a new pope to guide the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, ... He headed the Vatican’s evangelization office responsible for the Catholic Church in much of the developing world.