Black smoke emerging from the chimney means the world's 1.4 billion Catholics don't yet have a new pope. White smoke means the cardinals have chosen a new leader of the church.

White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday ...

Cardinals under 80 will vote in a closed conclave at the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Black smoke means no pope yet; white smoke signals a new pope has been chosen.

From ‘conclave' to ‘white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel signals that the papal conclave has selected a new pope and that he has accepted. New Poll Reveals Gavin Newsom’s Approval Rating I’ve been a couples ...

From ‘conclave' to ‘white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

From ‘conclave' to ‘white smoke,' a glossary of terms used in a papal transition These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days.

If white smoke billows from the chimney, however, it means a new pontiff has been chosen. Traditionally, about 30 to 60 minutes after the white smoke, the new pope will appear on the balcony ...

This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their conclave in the Vatican on May 7 ...