Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to the ...

Conclave live: Cardinals vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times a day, while crowds gather in St Peter’s Square to wait for ...

Thick black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel's chimney Wednesday in a sign that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in ...

Day 2 of the papal conclave, the election to select Pope Francis' successor, has begun inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Cardinal electors will cast their ballots for the new Bishop of Rome.

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 was ...

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church. During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke ...

This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who — and when — was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney. As thousands ...

The election of a pope follows a strict daily schedule inside the Sistine Chapel. Following the start of conclave on May 7, the College of Cardinals are fully sequestered behind locked doors with no ...

In its second round of voting, black smoke rose out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling a failure to elect a new pope. The College of Cardinals − bishops and Vatican officials selected by ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals voting at the conclave have not yet elected a new pope. The plume of dark ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church ...