Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

Cardinal electors in the conclave, which originates from ... tar — and sulfur to the burned ballots to create black smoke. And if a new pope has been elected, potassium chlorate, lactose and ...

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Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

Sixteen days after Pope Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote for their new leader.

Black smoke emanated from the chimney atop the ... Recalling a previous papal conclave, Dolan said he “had a real big suitcase because you don’t know how long you’re going to be in there.

How the conclave creates black and white smoke Over the years ... lactose and chloroform resin would be added to produce white smoke. Has a pope ever been elected on the first ballot?

Thousands of people have been gathering in St Peter’s Square to witness the time-honoured tradition which signified that no candidate had garnered the two-thirds majority needed to become the new pope ...

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

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen minutes, black smoke billowed from the chimney above the chapel, signaling the ...