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

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

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 ...

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

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the ...

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 ...

No pope was elected Thursday morning after the third ballot of the conclave to choose the 267th successor to St. Peter.

Ballot papers are burned and mixed with chemicals to signal the outcome - black smoke means no pope, white indicates a new ...

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

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