When wildfires burn, residents as far as hundreds of miles away may be advised by health officials to stay inside, to protect themselves from the harmful smoke that can travel across entire ...

Massive crowds cheered in Vatican City as white smoke poured out of the chimney. Catholics around the world are now waiting in suspense to see which cardinal was named pope. Since the conclave to ...

White smoke was witnessed emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in a direct signal that a new pope has already been elected. The name of the pope has yet to be announced by ...

Frankie Roman Camren was riding his motorcycle on Monday evening in Bonner Springs, Kansas, when he saw something unexpected in the sky: a dark ring of smoke. He took out his phone to record it ...

Catholics around the world are eagerly waiting to find out who will succeed Pope Francis, and they’ll soon know once the Sistine Chapel releases the highly anticipated white smoke. Here’s when ...

The smoke is a way to let the public know a new pope has been selected. Black smoke billowed from the chimney of Rome's Sistine Chapel on Thursday, indicating the 133 cardinals locked inside still ...

Black smoke pouring from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday signalled that Roman Catholic cardinals had not selected a new pope on the conclave's first ballot. The cardinals earlier began the ...

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of the conclave, signaling deliberations will continue. The black smoke ...

From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of the new pope. Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening to the ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening to the watchful eyes of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square as the first day of conclave voting concluded without a new ...

During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke wafting from a freshly installed chimney perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Tradition ...

Black smoke (fumata nera) means the voting cardinals did not come to a two-thirds consensus. White smoke (fumata bianca), on the other hand, means a new pope has been elected. What Is a 'Conclave ...