In the papal conclave to elect a new pope, here's a look at what the color of smoke (black or white) means after each vote.

Black smoke means the election of a new pope was inconclusive. White smoke means a new pope has been selected.

What does the flag of Vatican City look like? What should it look like? Beyond the recognizable general design of the yellow-and-white flag with ... displayed in most Catholic parishes worldwide ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

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The voting process is kept secret but will take place with the eyes of the world on the Vatican and amid intense scrutiny of the Catholic ... makes the smoke black. If white smoke billows from ...

Satanic Grotto leader Michael Stewart is led away by Capitol police officers after being arrested when he got into an altercation while he attempted to perform the Black ... flag. “They were a ...

Black Catholics, Indigenous Catholics and ... who navigated a predominantly white Catholic institution, remind us that the church in America often mirrored the racial injustices of the wider ...

Liberia was founded by freeborn black people and emancipated ... The country's constitution and flag - which looks similar to the Red, White, and Blue, but with only one star - took close ...

Pope Francis, whose 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church that prioritized ... should have "the courage of the white flag" and negotiate with Russia, which had invaded ...

Pope Francis, 88, a humble reformer who sought to make the Catholic ... black smoke. Once a candidate earns the requisite number of votes − and he accepts the papacy − chemicals that produce ...