MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --For 100 years, the Vatican's smoke signal has rarely been a black or white matter. Black means no Pope, white means the Cardinals have selected a Pope. But how does the Vatican ...

ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what does it ...

As the papal conclave continues, onlookers from around the world will watch for smoke in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next leader of the Catholic Church. On the morning ...

To observers of the papal conclave, one part of the process will probably stand out as the most visible and exciting. Today, all 115 cardinals will isolate themselves from the rest of the world, their ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Army News Service, May 3, 2007) - Soldiers on the battlefield use colored smoke in a variety of ways - to identify landing zones, friendly troops, potential targets and to ...