Thick black smoke can be seen across one area of Greater Manchester after a fire at a vehicle scrapyard. Six fire engines have been tackling the flames in Templeton Road South, Platt Bridge since ...

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that a new Pope has been elected. But what kind of smoke is it exactly?

Until that happens, black smoke billows from the chapel’s chimney; white smoke signals the election of a new pope. On Thursday morning, May 8, 2025, black smoke once again rose from the iconic ...

VATICAN CITY — Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of ...

The article below predates that decisive vote by the cardinals. Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal electors ...

A plume of black smoke rose over the crowds thronging St Peter's Square late Wednesday, confirming that the conclave's first ballot had not secured a two-thirds majority to name a successor to the ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, meaning the 133 Cardinal electors have not yet chosen a new Pope. pic.twitter.com/2LGey5Q0qD ...

Our original story continues below. As the secretive conclave among cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel continues, black smoke billowed from the chimney around 4:30 a.m. Chicago time, signaling no ...

Historically, the white smoke was created by burning the ballots together with dry straw. The black smoke was made from the ballots, wet straw, and with the addition of pitch to darken the color.

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating no pope was chosen as cardinals began their sacred task to succeed Pope Francis. Thousands gathered in St Peter ...

Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the cardinals' failure to elect a new pope on their initial ballot. The 133 cardinals, sequestered in Vatican City, couldn't reach the ...