Anna Hints, the Estonian director behind acclaimed documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” is unleashing “Black Hairy Beast,” a folk story and body horror musical “inspired by a personal ...

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that a new pope has been elected. But what kind of smoke is it exactly?

Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that a new Pope has been elected. But what kind of smoke is it exactly?

Until that happens, black smoke billows from the chapel’s chimney; white smoke signals the election of a new pope. On Thursday morning, May 8, 2025, black smoke once again rose from the iconic ...

VATICAN CITY — Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the thousands of ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O Kanayo has sparked reactions on social media after he expressed concerns over the Catholic Church's traditional use of black smoke to signify an unsuccessful papal ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:08 p.m.) — Black smoke rose once again from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 (PST), marking a second and third failed vote ...

The article below predates that decisive vote by the cardinals. Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal electors ...

Vatican city: Crowds of people flocked to St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Wednesday evening for the first vote of the papal conclave, the results of which took more than three hours to declare.

A plume of black smoke rose over the crowds thronging St Peter's Square late Wednesday, confirming that the conclave's first ballot had not secured a two-thirds majority to name a successor to the ...