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The  world’s Catholics patiently wait while the one hundred plus Cardinals meet in the Vatican to elect a new Leader. The indicator of progress is the release of smoke from a smoke stack erected for this single occasion. The smoke is black if no selection is made and white when a Pope is selected. One has to wonder how is this smoke created? Is it possible that the smoke is really “smoke”-especially the white smoke.