At the University of St. Thomas, students convened to watch the events unfold from Rome, reacting to the significant moment.

The first day of the papal conclave ended without a new pope, as black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney. The 133 ...

VATICAN CITY, May 7 (Reuters) – Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling ...

The Catholic conclave is the secretive meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope. It is held in the Sistine ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

The smoke is created by burning the ballots, and originally just meant that no pope had been elected. It was only in the conclave of 1914, which elected Benedict XV, that differen ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where either black smoke or white smoke will emerge to signal whether a ...

Papal elections don't happen often, and yet many of us seem to forget what these signals mean each time. Others wonder how the smoke colors are made. The answers aren’t all that mysterious in ...