(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) According to the BBC, the Vatican reported that the black smoke is a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulphur, which the white smoke comes ...

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Black smoke means no pope yet; white smoke signals a new pope has been chosen. VATICAN CITY - All eyes are on the copper chimney of the Sistine Chapel, following Pope Francis’ death on Easter ...

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Johnson also noted, "A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative) — lies behind the use of the two contrasting smoke colours." Over the years ...

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While this process is held in secrecy, the rest of the world is informed on the group's daily decisions by white or black-colored smoke funneled from the top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke ...