The Vatican erupted in cheers after white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, alerting thousands that the papal conclave has chosen a new pope. CBS News' Seth Doane is speaking to ...

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

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals' conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo) ...

Cardinals under 80 will vote in a closed conclave at the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Black smoke means no pope yet; white smoke signals a new pope has been chosen.

It signals that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope ...

-ABC News' Phoebe Natanson People wait for the smoke billowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals gathered on the first day of the conclave, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their conclave in the Vatican on May 7 ...

VATICAN CITY Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world s 1.2 ...

After a candidate is selected by a majority of the vote, white smoke is released to signal to the public the conclave is ending. Then, the new pope must decide if he wants to fill the role.

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens The cardinals had entered the Sistine Chapel in pairs, chanting the meditative “Litany of the ...

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel chimney, conclave doesn’t elect pope in first vote by: By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Posted: May 7, 2025 / 12:56 PM EDT Updated: May 7, 2025 / 04:12 ...

Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.