By Rebecca Mansour | Breitbart
White smoke was seen from the Vatican at approximately 6:08 p.m. Rome time, signaling that the Cardinals have elected a new pope of the Catholic Church. The chiming of the Vatican’s church bells confirmed for the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square that a new successor to the See of St. Peter the Apostle has indeed been chosen. The world now waits for the Cardinals to announce who the new pope is and what name he has chosen to be known by.
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10:23 a.m. — And here he comes. Pope Leo XIV in his white cassock addresses the faithful for the first time. He will now give his first “Urbi et Orbi” address. The term in Latin means “to the city [of Rome] and to the world.”