In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Thousands of people have been gathering in St Peter’s Square to witness the time-honoured tradition which signified that no ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Thousands of faithful and curious await white smoke signalling 133 cardinal electors have chosen new pontiff. Black smoke has ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting to elect the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church. The ...

As the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis begins, cardinals will be voting multiple times per day until a ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her ...

Cardinals have gathered for the second day of the Papal Conclave as black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, ...

Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the cardinals' failure to elect a new pope on their initial ballot.

Black smoke signals no new pope yet as the conclave begins voting in Vatican; here's what the smoke colours mean and how the ...