Habemus Papem! After four rounds of secret voting, the cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new leader of the Catholic Church on March 13.
The crowd at St. Peter’s Square went wild on March 13, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio made his first public appearance as the new pope. The newly anointed Pope Francis I stepped out onto the balcony of the Sistine Chapel to make his debut as the newest leader of the Catholic Church, following the billowing of white smoke from the chimney one hour earlier.
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The cardinal deacon stepped out onto the balcony at 9:12pm local time to say “Habemus Papem!”, which means “we have a pope!” and Jorge Mario Bergoglio came out to be sworn in. He will be called Pope Francis I, and he hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
After the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 28, the cardinals endured four rounds of voting in the secret conclave when they finally chose the new leader of the Catholic church. At 8pm local time white smoke began to billow from the Sistine chapel chimney on March 13, which meant that the new pope had been chosen.
The 115 voting cardinals took four or five votes over two days to reach their decision, which required a two-thirds majority and it took one week of intense meetings. Four times black smoke was seen billowing from the chimney until March 13, and the crowds cheered and clapped when the white smoke emerged.
Pope Benedict XVI made history when he stepped down earlier this year, as he is the first Pope in over 600 years to resign.
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