Black smoke billowed over the Vatican on Wednesday to signal that no candidate received the required two-thirds majority of ...

The countdown is on. The papal conclave, a centuries-old practice, is set to begin Wednesday (May 7, 2025) to select a ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor ...

At exactly 9 PM, the first smoke appeared from the chimney of St. Peter's: black, meaning that the cardinals have not yet ...

I hope that this evening when I return to Rome, I will already find the white smoke. I am particularly pleased to be here at ...

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation. The papal conclave smoke signal is a traditional method used by the College of Cardinals to ...

On Thursday, May 8, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, signaling to the world that the 267th pope ... AP ...

THE conclave is set to gather to choose the next pope in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for 1,000 ...

Members of a Catholic women's group ignited pink smoke flares on a hill behind the Vatican to protest the exclusion of women ...

Black smoke has risen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel for the second time, meaning cardinals in the conclave have not yet decided on a successor to Pope Francis. The next vote will take place ...