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The ballots used to be burned with dry straw to get white smoke but that is not always dependable as the smoke may issue forth as gray or even black. Now the ballots are burned with these chemicals to assure the smoke seen from the outside is truly white.:
Potassium chlorate
Lactose
Colophony
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When is white smoke seen when pope is chosen?
If a vote is held in the conclave that is successful in choosing a new pope, the ballots are burned with a chemical that makes the smoke white as a signal to the outside world that a pope has elected.
When a new Pope is elected what color is the smoke?
The smoke comes from burning the ballots in a stove in the Sistine Chapel.
What smoke does the chimney issue when pope is elected?
White smoke issues from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel if the voting has successfully elected a new pope.
What are the signals if a pope has been elected or not been elected?
After the a vote is taken the ballots are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel and chemicals mixed with them. If the smoke is black, no pope has been elected. If the smoke is white, a new pope has been chosen.
What color smoke signal means a new pope has been selected?
White smoke means a new pope has been elected.
At The Vatican When a new pope is elected it is announced by a plume of which color smoke?
White
What sign is given to show when a new Pope is elected?
After the a vote is taken the ballots are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel and chemicals mixed with them. If the smoke is black, no pope has been elected. If the smoke is white, a new pope has been chosen.
What is the sign when the pope has been elected?
White smoke issues from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel when the ballots are burned.
How do the cardinals show if they have elected a pope?
When a vote is taken the ballots are counted and recorded. Then they are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel. If the vote failed to elect a pope, chemicals are added to the burning ballots to turn the smoke black. If the vote elected a new pope, chemicals are added to turn the smoke white. This is how the outside world learns if a pope has been elected.
Why is white smoke released when a pope is chosen?
White smoke comes out of the Vatican when a new Pope has been chosen. Cardinals and bishops of the Catholic Church enter into what is known as a conclave to elect the new Pope through a series of ballots. While in the conclave, the Cardinals and Bishops have no contact with the outside world.
What could cause white smoke from tailpipe in a 1992 grand marquis?
they have elected a pope? in cold weather it is normal to see white smoke coming out of your tailpipe. the one you have to worry about is the black or the blue smoke
What is the signal of a new pope?
The ballots from the most recent voting are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel. A chemical is added to the burning paper to turn the smoke white. The white smoke coming from the chimney signals that a new pope has been elected.
