BREAKING NEWS
VATICAN: White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the conclave.
The Vatican made the announcement just after 11 a.m central time on May 8, 2025, as the world waited for the name of the new pontiff.
The Vatican News shared a photo showing the famous white smoke that signals the cardinals in the conclave had chosen the Pope.
“White smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica,” Vatican News reported on X.
The name was not yet released and there were many candidates whose names rose and fell in recent days as the conclave failed to come to an agreement on the new representative of Catholics worldwide.
Just a few hours before the big announcement, Vatican News had shared a photo showing black smoke coming from the chimney, indicating that the cardinals were still divided.
According to CNN, the new Pope was chosen pretty quickly as the consensus was reached on the second day of the conclave although which round was not immediately clear.
The new Pope will replace Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church.
