The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Voting will continue among the cardinals gathered in Vatican City after no one gained the required two-thirds majority to ...

If the case for a Pietro Parolin papacy is not made within the first two days of voting, it’s likely the cardinals will start seeking other contenders — and ideological divisions over the future of ...

A group of 133 Cardinals are making their way from their rooms into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact with ...

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the conclave's 1st ballot.