The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...

The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the dark, carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an ...

All eyes will be on a small chimney on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel today as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet ...

The result is a mixture of steam and white or light gray smoke that contrasts sharply with the dark, carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an ...

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

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

White smoke was seen emerging from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel. This means a new pontiff has been elected on the ...

The first secret conclave voting round went ahead today but no pope was elected as shown by the black smoke rising from the ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals ...

The same goes for the afternoon voting – if there is a two-thirds consensus after the first round of balloting in 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 ...

Black smoke billows for a second tim ‘We want to sell our farm but our tenant – who hasn’t paid rent in years – claims he’s ...