Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

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

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

carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool. Today ...

No cameras will be allowed inside the church during the vote, so the result will remain secret until white smoke emerges from ...

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

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

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 ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

From 'Conclave' to 'White Smoke,' a Glossary of Terms Used in a Papal Transition VATICAN CITY (AP) — A change in popes — ...

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...