Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not ...

The smoke is created by burning the ballots, and originally just meant that no pope had been elected. It was only in the conclave of 1914, which elected Benedict XV, that different smoke colors were ...

During a Papal Conclave, the world will be watching for white or black smoke from the Vatican's chimney. Here's what it means.