The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...

While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or ...

(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) According to the BBC, the Vatican reported that the black smoke is a mixture of ...

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, on March 13, 2013. CREDIT: Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images. picture alliance When the chimney atop the ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to ...

Was a new pope chosen on May 7? A new pope was not elected on Wednesday, May 7. Black smoke was seen from the Sistine Chimney following the conclave's first vote by cardinals, which means that ...

If the smoke is black, it means the vote wasn't conclusive. If the smoke is white, it means a new pope has been selected by a two-thirds majority. One hundred thirty-five cardinals are eligible to ...

The most-watched chimney in the world right now is the one attached to the Sistine Chapel, which signaled around noon E.T. on May 8 that a new pope has been chosen. Massive crowds cheered in ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who ...