Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catholics around the world are eagerly waiting to find out who will succeed Pope Francis, and they’ll soon know once the Sistine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that a new ...

Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel for the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of the ...

The smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel chimney will signal whether a new pope was elected.

Editor's note: White smoke emerged above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, May 8. Follow here for live updates. Around 45,000 people were gathered in St Peter's Square to await the announcement on ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to the ...