Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

When the cardinals vote, they burn their ballots and send up smoke to signal their decision: white smoke to show they have ...

The Vatican’s age-old tradition of using smoke signals to announce the outcome of papal elections has received a modern scientific upgrade. For centuries, the faithful looked to the Sistine ...

In a few days, they will be used to generate smoke that will mark the progress ... Photos released by the Vatican Media show two stoves and a series of chimney pipes installed within the Sistine ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...

White smoke signals that a pope has been elected ... The forecast in Rome and Vatican City calls for some showers on Wednesday, the first day of conclave. But after that it's expected to be ...

VATICAN CITY — As the cardinals entered ... Yet as all eyes wait for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam — “We have a pope” — the wisest watchers have a warning.

But with the possibility of multiple votes each day, several smoke signals appear daily ... along in the search for the next pontiff. The Vatican will provide an official livestream on YouTube ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for the conclave ...

VATICAN CITY, May 2 (Reuters) - The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for ...

Firefighters work to set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, ahead of the conclave, at the Vatican 28,921 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?