The papal conclave at the Vatican that will decide the next pope after the death of Pope Francis has the world watching livestreams of the thing that will tell us what's going on: a chimney.

Seminarians on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul have created their own chimney on top of a building to announce when the new pope is elected. St. John Vianney College ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope. The 133 voting cardinals have ...

Black smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney. Black indicates a new Pope has not been chosen. When enough cardinals have voted for one successor, white smoke will billow from the ...

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel today at 6:09 p.m. Rome time, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a new pope. Of the 133 cardinals sequestered in the Vatican ...

Watch the chimney live in the video below. The 133 cardinals from 70 countries vote in secret and silence until they agree on a leader for the 1.4 billion-strong Church. Twice a day, after two ...

The ballots are burned after each voting session, and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the ...

Thursday marked the second day of the papal conclave. For a second day, black smoke poured out from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, indicating that the cardinals have ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new ...

When the smoke is white, a new pope has been decided.Watch the video above for a live look at the chimney above the chapel. For full coverage of the papal conclave, click here. The eyes of the ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to elect the new pope. White smoke appears from the Sistine Chapel ...