Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that historic moment: the white smoke from the chimney of the ...

Three century-old churches clustered off East 10th Street — two predominantly Black and another largely ... when segregationist policies pushed non-white Austinites and institutions east of ...

He arrived by evening on April 16 outside the White ... he's encouraged church members to do the same. Membership costs start at $25 per year, according to an online form on the museum site. His ...

For Griffin and hundreds of others, this trip concludes at one of three century-old churches clustered around a two-block portion of East 10th Street: the historically Black Metropolitan African ...

Still, Cash said he will walk by faith and not by sight to save the more than 100-year-old institution the church ... ways to make sure historically black churches like East Mount Zion Baptist ...

He arrived by evening on April 16 outside the White House ... to an online form on the museum site. His church is not alone, as other predominantly Black congregations are taking similar steps.