Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

In response to Loomer's post, one X user from Texas shared a different mocked up image of Trump as the Pope appearing on CNN, ...

Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to ...

Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information Service reported in 2013.

In the shared footage, which has rapidly gone viral, the clip appears to show Pope Francis swatting away Donald Trump's hand ...

In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, according to the official death certificate released by the Vatican on Monday (April 21). The certificate, signed by Vatican doctor ...

The Vatican continues its centuries-old tradition of signaling the election of a new pope with smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. Modern science has stepped in to ensure the clarity of the ...

As Pope Francis has died, a series of orchestrated rites and rituals will set in motion to elect his successor. The pope died on Monday morning at the age of 88 years, after months of illness.

When Catholic cardinals meet to pick a new pope in a papal conclave, they’re sequestered in the Sistine Chapel so their deliberations aren’t influenced by the outside world—and, as moviegoers who saw ...

WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT THE VATICAN HAS ANNOUNCED. POPE FRANCIS HAS DIED. HE PASSED AWAY AT 735 THIS MORNING. ROME TIME. THAT’S 135 THIS MORNING. OUR TIME. HE WAS JUST AT EASTER ...

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. His death occurred at 7:35 a.m. local time at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.