VATICAN CITY — Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of ...

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While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...

If Thursday afternoon's rounds of voting fail to produce a two-thirds majority, black smoke will billow from the chimney at the Vatican again, at around 7 pm. It will be white if a new pope is ...

Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.

VATICAN CITY: White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in the early evening of Thursday (May 8), signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave have now chosen a new pope to guide the Rom ...

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, while potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulfur are used for the black ...

Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025.

While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...

While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...