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 Chapel’s ...

The world's attention will soon turn to a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside use a once-mysterious recipe to create smoke that signals their progress in choosing a new pope.

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen minutes, black smoke billowed from the chimney above the chapel, signaling the ...

First vote shows no pope elected yet, as expected Cardinals took secrecy oaths before start of conclave Voting takes place in the Sistine Chapel, cut off from world Progressives and traditionalists ...

Stoves used in a complex, but not quite ancient, tradition have arrived in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. In a few days, they will be used to generate smoke that will mark the progress of the conclave in ...