Johnson also noted, "A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative) — lies behind the use of the two contrasting smoke colours." Over the years ...

Rembrandt’s is my favorite portrait of Jesus. I’m also partial to Picasso’s. Have you seen the one with the bowed head of ...

“Let us pray that God will grant the church a pope who knows ... where the crucial signals of black or white smoke will mark each decision – or lack thereof.

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel ... A new pope requires a two-thirds majority in the voting, and white smoke will be emitted from the specially ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two ...

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“God bless America and God bless the new Pope,” Manchin told 13 News in an exclusive phone interview from El Paso, Texas, where he was in a meeting and came out to talk about the new Pope. “I think it ...