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

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...

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

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

This livestream has ended. White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected ...

Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

When that happens, white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. If the two-thirds majority is not reached, black smoke is emitted instead, signaling that the conclave will resume with further ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to elect a ...

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...