White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney announced to the world that cardinals gathered inside had elected a new pope to head the Catholic Church.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is the 266th pope.crowds in St.Peter's Square at the vatican cheered and bells rang out as the smoke appeared.
The new pope who picked the name Francis will replace Pope Benedict XVI,who stepped down last month saying he was no longer strong enough to lead the church.
The 115 cardinals have been in isolation since Tuesday afternoon and conducted 4 inconclusive votes before electing the pope.Before the conclave began,there was no clear frontrunner to replace Benedict.
Pope Francis becomes the first pope to come from South America.In his statement to the hundreds of believers, he asked the crowd to bless him.
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2 comments:
Here they had to finish early for the Arsenal game..
hahaa no way,theirs was serious business..what exactly didnt arsenal do?
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