ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what does it ...
When Catholic cardinals meet to pick a new pope in a papal conclave, they’re sequestered in the Sistine Chapel so their deliberations aren’t influenced by the outside world—and, as moviegoers who saw ...
As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the morning ...