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White smoke from Sistine Chapel confirms new Pope elected
A new Pope has been elected with white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel confirming the news to the world
Shortly after 5pm UK time on Thursday, crowds in St Peter’s Square bore witness to history as white smoke billowed into the air from a specially-erected chimney at the chapel, in the age-old tradition. The voting cardinals – those aged under 80 who were the only ones eligible to cast a ballot – were urged to “invoke the help of the Holy Spirit” to help them elect a pope “whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point in history”. In the mass in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of conclave, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said the pontiff would need to be a person who can “awaken the consciences of all and the moral and spiritual energies in today’s society, characterised by great technological progress but which tends to forget God”.
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