During a conclave, Catholics around the world watch the smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel and pay close attention to its color. If at the end of a vote, no new pope has been elected ...

We can't get into the Sistine Chapel, but we'll know whether there's a new pope simply by watching the smoke that comes from the Vatican's rooftop. Ballots are burned after the votes, once in the ...

Once two-thirds of the cardinals agree on a choice, the final ballots are burned alone, and the white smoke that emerges lets everyone know that a new pope has been chosen. A free daily email with ...

Soon after the chimney of the Sistine Chapel sent up a puff of white smoke signifying that the cardinals ... offered Italian Jewry’s congratulations to the new pope with the “most fervent ...