Image White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel after the College of Cardinals elected Francis as pope in 2013.Credit...Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Inside the Vatican, the dean of the college ...

If the current pope were to pass away, another would be elected by the Vatican's cardinals to take his place. And either white or black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel are used to signify ...

this time with a substance that produces white smoke, indicating to the world that a new Pope has been elected. Prior to the Conclave, the Vatican's tailors prepare three sets of Papal robes in ...

The process involves several key steps before white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pontiff. When a pope dies, the Vatican enters the interregnum period -- the ...

Some work at the Vatican, but most are spread out worldwide ... along with a chemical that makes the smoke black. If the smoke is white, however, the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics have ...

It will end once we see white smoke from the chimney (for more on that, check here). Here's a live feed from the Vatican: It was always unlikely that the first round would result in a Pope — the ...

If the current pope were to pass away, another would be elected by the Vatican's cardinals to take his place. And either white or black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel are used to signify ...