New Pope elected: white smoke billows from Sistine Chapel chimney
White smoke pours from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, confirming that a new Pope has been chosen. At 6:40PM GMT.
Bells rang as thousands cheered and waved flags in St Peter's Square as the smoke signaled the election of the new pontiff on Wednesday evening.
The breakthrough came after the second vote on the second day of the gathering of the cardinals in Rome.
Tradition dictates that the new leader of the world's Catholics should change into his papal white cassock as, one by one, the cardinals who elected him in the conclave approach him to swear their obedience.
He will stop and pray in the Pauline Chapel for a few minutes before emerging on the loggia of the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square to reveal his identity to the world.His name is
