Conclave dwell updates: New pope chosen, white smoke rises

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White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to steer the Catholic Church.

Meaning the winner secured at the very least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals collaborating within the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The group in St. Peter’s Sq. erupted in cheers. The identify might be introduced later, when a prime cardinal utters the phrases “Habemus papam!” Latin for “Now we have a pope!” from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. The cardinal then reads the winner’s delivery identify in Latin, and divulges the identify he has chosen to be referred to as.

The brand new pope is then anticipated to make his first public look and impart a blessing from the identical loggia.

What to know

When will the brand new pope be introduced?: The following pope will seem for the primary time from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. There’s no set time for when he’ll come out however Pope Francis appeared an hour and 20 minutes after white smoke was launched.
Cardinals contenders: There are not any official candidates for the papacy, however some cardinals are thought-about “papabile,” or possessing the traits essential to turn out to be pope. Some names embrace Pietro Parolin, who will oversee the conclave, Luis Tagle, dubbed the “Asian Francis,” Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, a conservative cardinal native to the Congo, and Pierbattista Pizzaballa, probably the primary Italian pope in many years.