There is white smoke in the election of the new Pope in the Vatican

This May 8, the New Pope of the Catholic Church on the second day of the cardinal conclave.

The white smoke that came out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel gave the news to the world that there is already a successor of the papa Franciscowho died on April 21, in the position of the apostle Peter. The news was received with expressions of joy from the audience around the world that expected news on this voting day.

The smoked blank He left the chimney of the Sistine Chapel around 6:06 in the afternoon Rome (11:06 in the morning, Colombia time), when the 133 cardinals gathered in conclave in the Sistine Chapel chose the new Pontiff.

He Conclave took two days in choosing the successor of the apostle Peter, whose position last occupied the Pope Francisco. Since in the conclave is voted four times a dayadding the only one that was Wednesday, the election has been presumably produced in the fourth scrutiny.

At the moment the identity of the chosen one is unknown but, after the white smoking, it will be revealed from the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro For the French protodiácono Dominique Mamberti, in charge of formulating the traditional announcement in Latin ‘Habemus Papam’.

Then, the New Pope will look at the balcony to appear to the world and give your first Bendición ‘City and the Orbi’ (‘To the city and the world’).

It is necessary to remember that the duration of the conclaves for the choice of potatoes has oscillated From a few hours to more than two yearsalthough in the choice of the last pontiffs it has been common for little.

Julio II – who commissioned Miguel Ángel to decorate the Sistine Chapel – and his choice as a pontiff, in 1503, was the fastest, since I barely needed a few hours.

On the contrary, the process to choose Celestino V, who was not a cardinal, lasted for Twenty -seven months (between 1292 and 1294) due to divisions Among the sloping.

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