The conclave is scheduled to start on March 12 inside the Sistine Chapel and will be attended by 115 cardinals as they vote to select the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

However, regardless of color, the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel is both weighty and practical, and Conclave allows the audience to witness and learn about this ancient, symbolic process.

The papal conclave begins soon, with the most senior figures in the College of Cardinals going behind closed doors and ... the process upholds hundreds of years of tradition. It occurs in the Sistine ...