The Vatican’s cardinals gather in conclave today to begin electing the successor to the late Pope Francis—which means the ...

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

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Thursday, signaling that the conclave to elect a new pope has ...

The papal conclave in the Vatican has chosen the new Pope as white smoke has been seen billowing out from the Sistine Chapel.

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