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.

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 ...

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of cheers in St. Peter's Square and signaling to the world that the 267th ...

White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope on the second day of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican.

People react as white smoke (unseen) signals that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on May 8, 2025. [AFP] White smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Vatican's ...

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.