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No signs of smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney early Thursday morning as the cardinals resumed voting for a new pope. The ...
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 ...
Cardinals vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times a ...
All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...
Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on ...
Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.
The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...
For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...
The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...