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

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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday backed a proposed unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the ...

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

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

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 billowed over the Vatican on Wednesday to signal that no candidate received the required two-thirds majority of ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

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

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...