Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel before the conclave on March 9 at the Vatican. Smoke coming from the chimney will be the only sign to the world of how things are progressing inside the chapel during the conclave. PHOTO: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters

17 Nov 2017

By The Record

Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel before the conclave on March 9 at the Vatican. Smoke coming from the chimney will be the only sign to the world of how things are progressing inside the chapel during the conclave. PHOTO: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters

Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel before the conclave at the Vatican March 9. Smoke coming from the chimney will be the only sign to the world of how things are progressing inside the chapel during the conclave. White smoke signals that the cardinal electors have elected a new pope. Black smoke indicates voting was inconclusive. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) (March 11, 2013) See CONCLAVE-SMOKE March 11, 2013.