The long-awaited white smoke billowed forth from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at approximately 7:07 p.m. Rome time, announcing the election of the 266th pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis.
The long-awaited white smoke billowed forth from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at approximately 7:07 p.m. Rome time, announcing the election of the 266th pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis.
