A new pope has been elected after a two-day conclave, with white smoke billowing above the Vatican to signal the historic decision




VATICAN CITY — White smoke curled from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, announcing to crowds below that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals sequestered inside had chosen a new pope.

The new pontiff’s identity remains shrouded in secrecy, but Vatican officials are poised to formally reveal his name in Latin from St. Peter’s Basilica balcony imminently.


Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, the 73-year-old French-born cleric raised in Morocco, was poised to deliver the historic proclamation — unless he had himself been chosen as pontiff.

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