Once white smoke can be seen from the chimney, it signals to the public that the Roman Catholic Church has a new leader. The process relies on chemicals to produce the desired color.

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption ...

The chimney swifts "don't land; they don't perch," sanctuary program director Michelle Romans said. "They mate, they eat, they live their whole lives in flight or inside of a chimney. They're ...

Once white smoke can be seen from the chimney, it signals to the public that the Roman Catholic Church has a new leader. The process relies on chemicals to produce the desired color.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin electing a new pope on 12 March. Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last month after nearly eight years in office, becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.

While the use of industrial chimney dates to the Romans, domestic chimneys only appeared in the 12th century in larger homes, becoming more common in the 16th and 17th centuries. Chimneys have come a ...

With each vote, they burn their ballots in a stove installed in the Sistine Chapel for this purpose. If black smoke plumes from the chimney, the cardinals aren’t in agreement and will need to vote ...

≽ Watch a livestream of the view of the chimney and front of the Vatican from USA TODAY below. Of interest: What New Yorkers should know about conclave to elect new leader of Roman Catholic Church ...

The election of a new pope will be marked by white smoke appearing from the chimney. Roman Catholic cardinals will begin electing a new pope on 12 March. Subsection. Europe. Published.

Firefighters have fitted a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican ahead of the conclave which will elect a new pope.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin electing a new pope on 12 March. Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last month after nearly eight years in office, becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.