Well, that’s exactly what “Conclave” is. Based on Robert Harris’ sensational novel, the film tells the story of the world’s cardinals gathering in the Vatican to select the next Pope.

The sight of the smoke tells all outside that no decision ... until two-thirds of the electors have selected a new pope. During the next conclave, the cardinals will be housed together and whisked ...

The conclave to elect the new pope typically begins 15 to 20 days after ... The ballots are then burned, with white smoke indicating a successful election and black smoke signalling no decision.

Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does ...

And fittingly, it seems BAFTA members might have gathered in robes to submit their votes on little white slips of paper: papal thriller ... up the white smoke, people. Hot on Conclave’s heels ...

Each round of voting papers is burned but chemicals to create white smoke are ... at the next conclave. Neither does the process abide by the apostolic constitution that governs papal elections ...

The selection of the Speaker of the House is akin to the election of a Pope, as played out in “The Conclave,” where ... So, as the political smoke rises from the Capitol, let's hope for ...

For the lay person, it comes down to one thing — what colour is the smoke? Likely no one but the most ardent believers would consider the papal conclave to be some divine event in which god’s hand ...