Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

Charles Warner, who left a biomedical engineering career to pursue priesthood, helped distribute Holy Communion at Pope ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Habemus papam, and habemus a new Lorde tour while we’re at it. Almost simultaneously with white smoke emerging from the ...

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 ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

Historic moment in Vatican City as white smoke signals the election of a new pope, marking a new era for 1.4 billion ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...