The black smoke indicates more voting is ahead. If a candidate is selected, the final round of ballots are burned with chemicals to produce white smoke. There isn't an exact timing for the smoke ...

First vote shows no pope elected yet ... ballot papers mixed with special chemicals - black when a voting session ends with no result, white when a pontiff is elected. Modern papal conclaves ...

With each inconclusive ballot, smoke from burnt voting papers will continue to emerge black until the moment a new pope is elected. When a candidate secures the necessary votes, white smoke will ...

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of the conclave, signaling deliberations will continue. The black smoke ...

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 ... first morning ballot, the white smoke will appear ...

Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will continue. White smoke means a new holy leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been confirmed. The last three popes were ...

A three-judge panel has permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map after ruling the state “purposely” diluted Black voting powers ... being majority white, despite 27% of the ...

If no pope is elected after three days of voting, the process is paused for up to 24 hours to allow time for prayer and reflection. For the second time since the papal conclave began, black smoke ...

Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will continue. White smoke means a new holy leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been confirmed. The last three popes were ...

White smoke poured from the chimney on ... The article below predates that decisive vote by the cardinals. Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel ...