On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

The Mass was led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who opened proceedings by swinging a censer with incense around the altar and blessing a statue ... Black smoke from a chimney on the roof ...

At 12:09 p.m. Eastern 6:09 p.m. Vatican time, on May 8, white smoke rose from the chimney ... public appearance and deliver the "Urbi et Orbi" blessing. After being elected, the new pope was ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first Sunday blessing as ... produce either black smoke—indicating no pope ...

Rome — It's been called "holy smoke." And it's color coded ... that impossibility extends to the practice of priests blessing same-sex unions — which Francis green-lighted in a landmark ...

late 19th century), earthenware with polychrome glaze (Ko-Kiyomizu ware), 12 inches in length (image courtesy Hirmer Publishers) Reading Holy Smoke: Censers Across Cultures, I am reminded of ...

Hours after white smoke billowed from the Vatican’s Sistine ... thought there might be a hidden blessing in the new Pope’s selection. Three of the team’s stars played college ball at ...

As the priest rhythmically swings the censer, the aromatic smoke from the burning incense ... In solemn rites of exorcism, or when doing an exorcism or blessing of the house, incense can be ...