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

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 ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

After two days of contemplation and balloting, a new Pope has been elected. White smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Thousands of faithful and curious await white smoke signalling 133 cardinal electors have chosen new pontiff. Black smoke has ...

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

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...