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 morning ...

More than 130 cardinals will arrive in Vatican City within the week to participate in the upcoming papal conclave, selecting Pope Francis' successor. Though the process is done in secrecy, thousands ...

May 8, 2025 Updated Thu., May 8, 2025 at 8:54 a.m. Firefighters install a temporary chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on May 2 in Vatican City, Vatican. The chimney used to communicate the ...

The election of a pope follows a strict daily schedule inside the Sistine Chapel. Following the start of conclave on May 7, the College of Cardinals are fully sequestered behind locked doors with no ...

All eyes on the Vatican! The cardinals have assembled and the process to elect the next Pope is set to begin. The conclave will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday ...

It's right there in black or white: At the end of every conclave voting session, a smoke signal is released from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. Black means no agreement. White means the Catholic Church ...

The world's attention will soon turn to a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside use a once-mysterious recipe to create smoke that signals their progress in choosing a new pope.

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals' conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican on May 7, 2025. After their first vote, 133 cardinal-electors did not ...

For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave to elect a new pope. “Conclave” means “with a key”, indicating the cardinal-electors are locked up with a key to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted complex organic molecules, which usually form in smoke and smog, in the very distant universe. With help from a galactic gravitational anomaly, the telescope ...