Known affectionately as "Apu Ambo" -- "Apu" meaning respected elder and "Ambo" being his diminutive nickname -- the ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Black smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave. That meant that no new pope had been elected ...

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

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

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 ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

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

For much of the past century, the conclave has needed between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I—the pope who ...