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 ...

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

As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the ...

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the church's "missionary outreach ...

cheers and laughter emerged from the crowd as it waited in anticipation for the pope to appear on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and reveal his identity to the world. Just before the white ...

His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church ... papers. Black smoke indicates that no agreement has been reached while white smoke informs the world that a new Pope ...

Black men served as minutemen ... Honorable John Hancock that there was a number of soldiers composed of the light troops and grenadiers marching... to Lexington or... to Concord." ...