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Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winner emerged ...
Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the ...
Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...
The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...