HABEMUS PAPAM

Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina

March 13, 2013: Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appeared on the balcony of St. Peters Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 7.06 pm and the bells of St. Peters Basilica rang out on Wednesday, signaling that Roman Catholic cardinals had elected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. The cardinals elected the new Pope in their 5th ballot on Wednesday evening in Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. However, they have reached a successful conclusion, with thick white smoke from the world famous chimney on the Sistine chapel shortly after 7.5 pm.
Bright spotlights were trained on the smokestack to illuminate the smoke against the thick backdrop of darkness and inclement weather. Night had fallen by the time the white smoke rose, but people who had flocked to St. Peter's Square on this cold, rainy evening could watch the spotlighted chimney on giant screens set up in St. Peter's Square. All shrieked in excitement as the smoke began billowing out. The new Pope appeared in the central balcony of st. Peters Basilica and gave his first apostolic blessing an hour later. 

(RADIO Vatican)