And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21.

Black smoke indicates a non-conclusive answer, and white smoke indicates that a new pope has been selected. Here's what to know about the black and white smoke used during a papal conclave.

Eric Benn holds a silver chalice that was held in his family for years after it was gifted to a Black congregation on Edisto Island by Hephzibah, the wife of a cotton plantation owner. She paid ...