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

Every time the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new Pope, the eyes of the world turn to the Sistine Chapel and, above all, ...

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

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

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signaling that cardinals meeting in a ...

When a new pope is chosen, a different combination is used to create white smoke, the traditional signal that “Habemus Papam” ...

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 ...

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

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling ...

Catholic cardinals are continuing their secret conclave to elect the next pope, with voting resuming on Thursday morning. On ...