The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information ...

When the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel spouts white smoke, it means that the Catholic Church officially has a new pope.

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 ... During the conclave to elect ...

Chimney installation on the Sistine Chapel signals the acceleration of preparations for the papal conclave on May 7, aiming to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Vatican firefighters were seen working ...

For more than 750 years, strict rules have guarded what cardinals can and cannot eat to prevent hidden messages stuffed ...