For three votes, the smoke spewed out in thick black billows, indicating a new pope has yet to be chosen. The conclave needs 77 votes, or a two-thirds majority from 115 cardinal-electors, for a ...

Black smoke indicates a non-conclusive answer, and white smoke indicates that a new pope has been selected. Here's what to know about the black and white smoke used during a papal conclave.

Everything we know about the first day of the papal conclave 04:53. Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet ...

However, regardless of color, the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel is both weighty and practical, and Conclave allows ...

Black smoke coming out of the Vatican’s chimney during a Papal Conclave means the vote for a new pope failed and no one has been selected for the position. A candidate must receive a two-thirds ...

ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what ...

During the conclave to elect a new pope by secret ballot set to begin in Rome on May 7, cardinals inside the sealed-off Sistine Chapel will send out a column of smoke to tell onlookers whether the ...

To colour it according to the outcome, this burning is mixed with chemicals inside a second stove. For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur.

Black smoke coming out of the Vatican’s chimney during a Papal Conclave means the vote for a new pope failed and no one has been selected for the position. A candidate must receive a two-thirds ...