White smoke emerged from the chimney above the Sistine Church in the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal voters decisively chose the new pope, and they gathered Pope Conference. About an hour later, the statement was made from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica: "Habemus Papam".

The crowds at St. Peter's Square have once again attracted applause for announcing that the Catholic Church had chosen an American as its leader for the first time in its history.

Born in Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost He was elected by the elect and accepted his fate as the next bishop of Rome, the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Prevost chose Leo XIV as his pope name.

Who is the new pope?

Overall, Prest is considered a centrist, but on many social issues he is considered progressive, embracing marginalized groups like Francis who advocate for immigration and the poor. For example, Prevost opposed women appointed as deacons, so he was considered a conservative in the church doctrine.

How does the duration of Condave compare to past conclusions?

Meeting chooses Pope Francis' successor Starting Wednesday In the afternoon, local time. 133 cardinal electors participated in the process together and swore to keep it confidential before the door was closed, and the first round of votes was conducted. As night fell, black smoke rose from the chimney of Sistine Church, indicating that they had not agreed to the choice.

On Thursday morning, the Cardinal resumed the process Day 2 And, again, before lunch time in Rome, the black smoke showed that two votes in the morning had no decisive results.

In recent history, conclusions tend to last only a few days, and so does this year’s effect.

However, some past conclusions have dragged on Longer time. In the 13th century, the longest ever took nearly three years to choose Pope Gregory X.

The shortest meeting, recorded by 1503, took only 10 hours to choose the Pope Pius III.

How long will it take for the meeting to be elected Pope Francis?

The conclusion of the election Pope Francis It began on March 12, 2013, and the next day after five votes, he was declared Pope.

The conclusion of his election as the former Pope Benedict XVI began on April 18, 2005. Benedict was declared Pope the day after four votes.

This is a developing story that will be updated.