The black and white smoke comes from a cast iron stove inside the Sistine Chapel. One of the stoves is used to burn the cardinals' ballots and the other is to send puffs of black or white smoke up ...

WASHINGTON — More than 130 cardinals were locked in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, beginning the conclave to elect the next pope. The centuries-old ritual began after a Vatican official called ...

WASHINGTON — More than 130 cardinals were locked in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, beginning the conclave to elect the next pope. The centuries-old ritual began after a Vatican official called ...

WASHINGTON — More than 130 cardinals were locked in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, beginning the conclave to elect the next pope. The centuries-old ritual began after a Vatican official called ...

WASHINGTON — More than 130 cardinals were locked in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, beginning the conclave to elect the next pope. The centuries-old ritual began after a Vatican official called ...

While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...

While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...

While white is usually reserved for popes, two cardinals wore egg-shell vestments inside the Sistine Chapel. CBS News reports that the two are Dominican Cardinals, one from England and the other ...