At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

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

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

The next vote will take place around17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke that ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

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The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...