- VATICAN CITY — White
smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has
been elected to lead the Catholic Church.
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- That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133
cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
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- The crowd in St. Peter's Square erupted in cheers. The name
will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words “Habemus papam!”
Latin for “We have a pope!” from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica.
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- The cardinal then reads the winner's birth name in Latin,
and reveals the name he has chosen to be called.
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- The new pope is then expected to make his first public
appearance and impart a blessing from the same loggia.
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