If a pope hasn't been chosen, the ballots will be burned along with a chemical that makes the smoke black. If the smoke is white, however, the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics have a new head ...

You see them, heads close together, chatting quietly, in their favourite restaurants in Rome. It might be Velando, close to ...

The crowd waiting outside is informed that a pope has been elected when the chimney above the Sistine Chapel billows out white smoke. “Conclave” works hard to be as realistic as possible.