Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, indicating that the College of ...

Conclave brought me back to the day I visited a 7th grade classroom at St. Mary’s School. I had just returned from Rome and was eager to share some of my Vatican experiences. As I talked about the ...

During the entire process, the prelates are cut off from communicating with the outside world and must live in seclusion ...

The black smoke signals continued deliberation, while white smoke marks a new pope's election, symbolizing reflection, unity, ...

Pope Francis is just a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, and plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican.

The political maneuvering of cardinals gathered in the Vatican to choose a new Pope gives rise to fine performances but ...

The movie feints toward strife and division in the world outside the Vatican walls ... and the air above the college fills with black chimney smoke. Cardinal Lawrence delivers a homily warning ...

Vatican officials seemed OK with the shocking premise of the ... and then burned with a chemical to send either black smoke, meaning a stalemate, or white, signifying "habemus papam" − "we have a pope ...

The ballots are then sewn together with a needle and thread, then burned with a chemical to send smoke into the air above the Vatican - black smoke meaning stalemate and white meaning a Pope has ...

With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican ... by the smoke that appears from the chimney. Black means the cardinals ...

During the entire process, the prelates are cut off from communicating with the outside world and must live in seclusion inside the Vatican ... the smoke that appears from the chimney. Black ...