Images shared with the BBC and on social media show the huge plume of smoke rising above Wigan. A spokesman for Greater ...

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 ...

Cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to select a new pope after the death of Pope Francis. What ...

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.

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

Following Pope Francis’ death, the Vatican begins the conclave to elect a new pope, with smoke signals from the Sistine ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the ...

For white smoke, a compound of the chemicals potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin (also known as Greek pitch) is used, ...

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave ...

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...