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.

White Smoke, Pope; Black Smoke, Nope: How Conclave Smoke Gets Its Color. A chemical mixture is added to the cardinals' ballots to signal conclave vote. By ABC News. March 13, 2013, 12:26 PM.

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 . Why the Vatican ...

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White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope on the second day of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican.[AFP ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of ...

Black smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this morning indicated that the 115 cardinal-electors of the Roman Catholic Church failed to elect a new pope.