Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People worldwide watch St. Peter's Square for white smoke from the Sisten Chapel. Once the smoke comes out, what happens next? Yes ...
The Latin expression Habemus Papam—which means “We have a Pope!”—is the official announcement that proclaims the election of a new pontiff in the Catholic Church. This declaration is made by the ...
US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the new pope.
When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that historic moment: the white smoke (fumata bianca in Italian) erupting from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the formula habemus papam ...
There have been just seven papal elections in the last 100 years, with more than a quarter-century passing between the election of Pope John Paul II in October 1978 and that of his successor, Benedict ...