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

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

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 ...

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

Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a ...

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

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

It comes after the 133 cardinal electors sent up a black smoke signal on Wednesday evening as they continue their work to ...

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

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

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

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