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White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that cardinals locked inside have elected a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, News360 Nigeria reports.

Thousands of pilgrims and curious onlookers in St Peter’s Square cheered and applauded as the smoke appeared and bells began to ring, indicating the 2,000-year-old institution has its 267th pope.

All eyes now turn to the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, to see who has been elected to succeed Pope Francis, an Argentine reformer who died last month after 12 years as leader of the worldwide Church.

The new pontiff will be introduced in Latin with his chosen papal name and address the world for the first time.

He faces a momentous task: as well as asserting his moral voice on a conflict-torn global stage, he faces burning Church issues from the continued fall-out from the sexual abuse scandal to the Vatican’s troubled balance sheets.

Some 133 “Princes of the Church” from five continents — the largest conclave ever — began voting on Wednesday afternoon.

Sworn to secrecy, on pain of excommunication, their only means of communicating their progress to the outside world was by sending up smoke through the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

On Wednesday evening and then again on Thursday lunchtime, the smoke was black, emitting disappointed sighs from the tens of thousands watching.

But on Thursday afternoon just after 6pm (1600 GMT) the smoke emitted was white, confirming that the Catholic Church has a new spiritual leader.

By tradition, he now enters the Room of Tears — where freshly-elected popes give free rein to their emotions — to don a papal cassock for the first time, before returning to the Sistine Chapel so the cardinals can pledge their obedience.

He will then appear on the balcony along with a senior cardinal, who will announce to the waiting crowds “Habemus Papem” (“We have a pope”).

The pope will then give a short speech and impart his first “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and the World”) blessing.

– Pastor or diplomat –
The election has come at a time of great geopolitical uncertainty, which was seen as a key voting issue, along with the rifts within the Church.

Francis was a comionate reformer who prioritised migrants and the environment, but he angered traditionalists who wanted a defender of doctrine rather than a headline-maker.

Some 80 percent of the cardinal electors were appointed by Francis. Hailing from 70 countries around the world, it was the most international conclave ever.

That was no guarantee, however, that the cardinals would pick someone in his vein.

The question was whether to choose a pastor or diplomat, a liberal or conservative, someone versed in the Curia — the Church’s governing body — or a relative outsider from areas of the world where Catholic faith is thriving.

Before the cardinals were locked into the Sistine Chapel Wednesday, their dean Giovanni Battista Re urged them to choose someone able to protect the Church’s unity.

The next pope must also be able to lead “at this difficult and complex turning point in history”, amid raging conflicts around the world and the rise of ultra-nationalist parties.

The Church has also had difficulty in adapting to the modern world, with declining priest numbers and increasingly empty pews in the West.

The papal inauguration usually takes place less than a week after the election with a mass celebrated before political and religious leaders from around the world.

The new pope will likely do a tour of St Peter’s Square in his popemobile for the first time, before delivering a homily outlining his priorities.

https://news360ng.com/breaking-white-smoke-rises-as-catholic-church-elects-new-pope/

Wonderful, it didn't take long did it

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Ritual that has no bearing on true religion and spirituality.

Okay

No INEC. Wonderful!

Hope say una no dey doubt trump again... Omo

Nor be this one dey do me

InfoGuru118:

https://news360ng.com/breaking-white-smoke-rises-as-catholic-church-elects-new-pope/

That one concern una


Cardinal Robert Prevost is the new pope

Great

Another bragging tool for Emperor Trump

NO PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA EVER MADE A NEW POPE TILL I CAME IN TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN




I told them: MAKE AN AMERICAN THE POPE OR ELSE I'LL PLACE A 500% TARRIF ON THE PAPACY

Pope Leo

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Surprising to know there are about 1.4 billion Catholic Church in the world

Trump hand

jiz:
Trump hand

Trump indeed saw an American as the New Pope

nairalee:
Another bragging tool for Emperor Trump

he knew the next pope will be american

The hypocrisy of these oyinbo people eh. If na for Africa smoke come out from, dem go say na global warming and pollution but for their turn now, we start to de romanticize color of smoke.

Another thing I see is the language. My African people think language is their problem, they are so mentally lazy they hate their own and want us to speak one foreign language. Some of them have even said our local languages are not making us progress, yet Vatican is not part of the EU and they speak where the have over 20 official languages. Even the Vatican adopts Italian as is working language but uses Latin as it's official language

papyjaypaul:
What language are they jubilating in? The Vatican speaks Latin but that is not a problem, it's Nigerians or Africans speaking their own language that is a problem to fellow Africans. Africa, wake up.

Africa, wake up!

DONALD J. TRUMP is the name.

Hate him or love him, man is the most influential and most powerful man in the world. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Smooth papacy for the new Pope.

papyjaypaul:
The hypocrisy of these oyinbo people eh. If na for Africa smoke come out from, dem go say na global warming and pollution but for their turn now, we start to de romanticize color of smoke.

Another thing I see is the language

Calm down.
The last time the smoke came out was 2013. The volume is negligible.

Traditions and rituals they still hold dear, yet they tell us to let go of ours, calling ours black magic and theirs religion

lumens:


Calm down.
The last time the smoke came out was 2013. The volume is negligible.

I don't care. You don't know these people and virtue signaling.

Anything they don't like, they will DEMONIZE it. When it's us doing it, they will preach against it. When it's them, they will make it look very nice. No be so dem do our palm oil? I wasnt born today sir, forget that packaging.

These people came to tell us to stop using our oil so we can go green, yet na dem de gather am behind. Today they are telling us AI is the future so we should leave our farms and agriculture for them to poison with GMO and nonsense diseases. Na COVID open some people eyes say if you like collect $5000 per day for remote work, you go still chop fresh food. Food is life no matter the progress we make. They tried to convince Africa to stop gas flaring, thank God say our Minister then get sense to reply them. That Bayelsa former Governor that worked for Buhari, I can't his name.

That smoke is a tradition the Roman Empire has used for years just the way we also have in our traditions here but we will change our own because we want to look good in the eyes of these people but they will be abusing what is ours and our own people will hand to defend them and abuse their forefathers.

If them use smoke announce new king for Nigeria, na our woke people go condemn am first say na old school, archaic, "tradition must evolve", "we live in modern day" 🤡
Spit

papyjaypaul:
The hypocrisy of these oyinbo people eh. If na for Africa smoke come out from, dem go say na global warming and pollution but for their turn now, we start to de romanticize color of smoke.

Another thing I see is the language. My African people think language is their problem, they are so mentally lazy they hate their own and want us to speak one foreign language. Some of them have even said our local languages are not making us progress, yet Vatican is not part of the EU and they speak where the have over 20 official languages. Even the Vatican adopts Italian as is working language but uses Latin as it's official language



Africa, wake up!

All Na format, mixture of this and that to carry all Europeans along.

Righteousness2 the pope of nairaland will not welcome the appointment.

The business centre churches are cooking up something to say against the only established church from the christendom.

1.4 billion followers no be beans.

100,000 and 500,000 followers of business centres are all mugu.

Rituality.

Akalia:
Ritual that has no bearing on true religion and spirituality.

Shurup

nice