One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

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.

At Conclave, what's the difference between white smoke and black smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney? We have an ...

After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...