DAY TWO By tradition, the body of the pope is dressed in papal vestments and will be put on display at St. Peter’s Basilica. Pilgrims will flock St. Peter’s. Mourning begins and by law must continue ...

When a candidate is chosen, the votes are burnt in chemicals that produce the iconic white smoke, signalling to the world that a new pope has been elected. He then chooses his papal name and heads ...

We can't get into the Sistine Chapel, but we'll know whether there's a new pope simply by watching the smoke that comes from the Vatican's rooftop. Ballots are burned after the votes, once in the ...

The smoke is black if no pope has been elected. The smoke is white if a pope has been elected. For example, the smoke was black today after the first round of votes, which means no consensus has ...

with white smoke indicating a successful election and black smoke signalling no decision. Secular rulers heavily influenced papal elections for much of the Church’s history. The Holy Roman ...