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Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...
After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...
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 ...
Cardinals fail to select a pope in the morning session of day 2 of the papal conclave at the Sistine Chapel.