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?

Around 6 p.m. local time in Rome, white smoke began to come from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating the conclave has chosen its 267th pope. This means at least two-thirds of the cardinals ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

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

Just after noon ET (around 6pm local time in Vatican City), white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as bells rang ...

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 ...

A chimney atop the 15th century Sistine Chapel in the Vatican billowed black tell-tale smoke again on Thursday morning, ...

(CN) — White smoke billowed Thursday evening from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel in Rome, signaling Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...