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It’s probably the most-watched smoke in the world: The billows of exhaust unfurl before the watchful eyes of thousands every conclave — the only communication allowed from the cardinals locked ...

Catholics around the world are eagerly waiting to find out who will succeed Pope Francis, and they’ll soon know once the Sistine Chapel releases the highly anticipated white smoke. Here’s when ...

During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke wafting from a freshly installed chimney perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Tradition ...

Black smoke (fumata nera) means the voting cardinals did not come to a two-thirds consensus. White smoke (fumata bianca), on the other hand, means a new pope has been elected. What Is a 'Conclave ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals have made a decision, or black if they remain deadlocked. By Elisabetta ...

Here puffs of black smoke mark voting rounds that fail to converge on a winner until the cardinals announce that they have come to an agreement by releasing a plume of white smoke, the dramatic ...

Outside the conclave, people can only see the smoke rising from the chapel's chimney — the sole form of communication between the conclave and the outside world. There are multiple voting rounds ...

A photographer has captured the moment a puffin had a lucky escape following an altercation with a gannet. Pete Bristo, who lives in Atwick, near Hornsea, photographed the ruckus at Bempton Cliffs ...

Pete Bristo, who captured the shot, said the puffin escaped unscathed A photographer has captured the moment a puffin had a lucky escape following an altercation with a gannet. Pete Bristo ...

The world's attention will soon turn to a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside use a once-mysterious recipe to create smoke that signals their progress in choosing a new pope.

But after the success of Project Puffin, which worked to restore puffins to Eastern Egg Rock, puffins now abound on Maine’s rocky ocean islands, where you can spot them starting in April.