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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the ...
Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...
The answer: black smoke means they've voted, but no pope has been chosen. White smoke means a new pope has indeed been voted in. So that's why you're seeing livestreams of the Sistine Chapel ...
The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...