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Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...
Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. The first conclave ballot failed to find a ...
Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...
The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...
One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.