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No Pope Yet: Vatican Conclave Blows Black Smoke On 1st Day Of Vote For New Pontiff
There is no new Pope. Yet. Hours later than expected, black smoke was seen blowing out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel ...
Black Smoke, White Smoke: How the Vatican Tells the World There’s a New Pope
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...
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The conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as the doors to the Sistine Chapel close
The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...
Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world awaits white smoke
By Crispian Balmer, Joshua McElwee and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task ...
New Pope Update: Black Smoke from Conclave After Cardinals' First Vote
The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...
Why the conclave uses black and white smoke to indicate if there's a new pope
Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...
Black smoke signals no new pope yet as Vatican cardinals conclude first round vote
Voting will continue among the cardinals gathered in Vatican City after no one gained the required two-thirds majority to ...
New Pope Update: Favorite Emerges to Replace Francis as Conclave Starts
As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...