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.

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

"It's black, it's black, it's waaay black!" screamed Eliza Nagle, a 21-year-old Notre Dame theology major on an exchange program in Rome, as the smoke poured from the 6-foot-high copper chimney at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

White smoke, black smoke, conclave: Here’s a papal glossary of terms by: The Associated Press Posted: Apr 22, 2025 / 08:55 AM EDT Updated: Apr 22, 2025 / 08:55 AM EDT ...

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney, conclave doesn’t elect pope in first vote by: By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Posted: May 7, 2025 / 12:56 PM EDT Updated: May 7, 2025 / 04:12 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has called out the Catholic Church for what he describes as an offensive and outdated symbolism tied to the use of “black smoke” during the election ...

Black smoke was seen around 9 p.m. local time, signaling that a new pope had not been selected on the first day of the conclave.

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens The cardinals had entered the Sistine Chapel in pairs, chanting the meditative “Litany of the ...