Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

But what does the smoke mean? What does the white and black smoke mean during the conclave? There are multiple voting rounds ...