It’s true. We officially remain popeless. The College of Cardinals lit their first sacred chimney fire, and after a rigorous, highly scientific investigation here at The Daily Beast, we can ...

The chimney that will let the world know when cardinals have chosen a successor to Pope Francis was installed Friday on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Firefighters were seen putting up the ...

Workers attached a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, ahead of the election process for the next pope. The chimney, which is attached to the chapel before a new pope is elected ...

Between the “Sistine seagull,” chimney-cam reaction videos, and edits of the black smoke, the conclave fully entered legendary internet meme territory. Part of the appeal is the pageantry and ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope. The 133 voting cardinals have ...

Susan Bin started a meme account last year after watching the ... When the white smoke started billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, Mx. Bin, who runs the account with ...

133 cardinals under 80 are eligible to vote in the process to elect the next pope Workers install the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican, on May 2, 2025. AFP-GABRIEL BOUYS ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

Conclave Smoke Signals Ready: Vatican Installs Chimney Over Sistine Chapel VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of ...

Black Smoke Pours From Sistine Chapel Chimney, Indicating No Pope Was Elected as Conclave Opens VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling ...