White Smoke: Cardinals elect new pope
White smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel, signifying that a new pope has been elected.
On Wednesday, 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.
After two black smokes, a white smoke blowed out on Thursday evening to signify that the new leader of the Catholic Church has been chosen. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Earlier on Thursday, crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square as the 133 cardinals voted in total secrecy.
The two black smokes signalled that no candidate had captured two-thirds of the cardinal electorate during voting in the morning.
Pope Francis’ death in April set in motion the process of choosing his successor, the first conclave in more than a decade.
The papal election is one of the world’s oldest dramas, but this one is unlike any other. It is the largest ever assembled, and many cardinals appointed by Francis are meeting one another for the first time.
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