Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope. VATICAN CITY ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

White smoke appears over Sistine Chapel as Conclave elects new Pope - Millions now await the announcement of the new head of ...

Dr. Jonathan Tan is a professor of Catholic Studies at Case Western Reserve University. As the conclave began, he predicted a ...

After white smoke billows in the air, what happens after a new pontiff is chosen? A lot, actually — and experts are telling ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

The Vatican News, the official communications outlet of the Vatican, posted on X on Wednesday that all nonessential personnel had left the Sistine Chapel so the cardinals could vote in private. The ...

The Catholic Church appears to have a new leader. White smoke could be seen billowing from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, ...

Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal ...

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican’s tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal electors voted a successor to Pope John Paul I, who died after 33 days as ...

New leader of Catholic Church chosen as white smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney - A record 133 cardinals from 70 ...