We Have A New Pope! White Smoke Appears Over Sistine Chapel

A new Pope was elected this afternoon after white smoke appeared poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City signalling the election of a new Pontiff to lead the Catholic Church.

Thousands cheered in St. Paul's Square at the sight of the symbolic plumes rose, signalling that  a successor to Benedict XVI had been chosen after two days of intense voting.

The new pope is expected to appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica within an hour, after a church official announced 'Habemus Papum - We have a pope' - and gave the name of the new pontiff in Latin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Daily Mail