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

Following Pope Francis’ death, the Vatican begins the conclave to elect a new pope, with smoke signals from the Sistine ...

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

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

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals had not elected a pope.

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The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are there Indiana ties? What we know.

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The smoke is created by burning the ballots, and originally just meant that no pope had been elected. It was only in the conclave of 1914, which elected Benedict XV, that different smoke colors were ...

Ahead of a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, former Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance ...

Times Square Arts installed a new statue of a 12-foot-tall Black woman in casual clothing, juxtaposing it against the ...