New Pope Elected.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/13/cardinals-elect-new-pope/?hpt=hp_t1

New pope elected, will soon be named

White smoke has rises from above the Sistine Chapel, indicating that Roman Catholic cardinals have elected a new pope.

New pope succeeds Pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pope to resign in hundreds of years. He stepped down February 28, citing advanced age.

[updated at 2:30 p.m. ET] The crowd at St. Peter's Square continues to swell. "People are literally running up the block (so they can see the pope) when he comes out on the balcony for the first time," CNN's Anderson Cooper reports from the Vatican.

[updated at 2:25 p.m. ET] From CNN's Jim Bittermann at the Vatican: The crowd waiting for the new pope represents all sorts of nationalities – "everybody from around the world."

"You see a lot of religious folks are here, different orders of nuns and priests, packing in all afternoon," as well as tourists, he said. "There are more people just as I'm speaking. All of the sudden there's been a surge of people coming in."

[updated at 2:23 p.m. ET] Like the one in which Benedict XVI was chosen in 2005, this election didn't take long. The white smoke comes on just the conclave's second day.

We have a few steps to take before we learn who the new pope is. Here's what we've been told will happen next:

– The new pope will leave the Sistine Chapel to put on his papal robes, then re-enter the chapel for prayer with the cardinals.

– The cardinals will then line up to congratulate the new pope and promise their obedience to him.

– The pope will then go back to Pauline Chapel to pray for a few moments.

– Only then will the pope prepare to reveal himself to the public. At the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, proto-deacon Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (assuming Tauran himself wasn't elected) will appear and announce the new pope's old name, and the name he will be known as from now on.

– The pope will then appear on the balcony.

[Posted at 2:09 p.m. ET] White smoke above the Sistine Chapel have made it official: The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope.

Bells are ringing at the Vatican, and thousands of people gathered in the square are cheering.

We'll find out in the minutes to come who the new pope is. Stay with us as we find out.

I'm rooting for the Canadian dude to take this position that has no impact whatsoever on my life.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Evylin

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He is getting fitted in he new papal attire before he makes an entrance.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

He is getting fitted in he new papal attire before he makes an entrance.

And hopefully deleting his internet browser history.

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And hopefully deleting his internet browser history.

. Yep once he is revealed folks will be digging for all the dirt.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

And hopefully deleting his internet browser history.

Here is a picture of the white smoke. How is that for a contribution?

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And hopefully deleting his internet browser history.

I guess people are learing from that whole Petraeus/Gen Allen incident. Remember the good old days? Before internet and social media? When all you had to do was keep the lipstick off your collar and you could have 3 families.

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. Yep once he is revealed folks will be digging for all the dirt.

Who knows, maybe their will be skeletons in that dirt!

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Who knows, maybe their will be skeletons in that dirt!

Especially if he moved accused priests from one location to the next in his diocese

[spookyturtle 9,466]

ConGraTuLaTions

Who will it be?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

ConGraTuLaTions

Omg, congrats on your approval, new pope! And in only 2 days! You're so lucky to be at the Vatican, it moves soooo fast while the rest of us sit here and wait.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Evylin

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It won't be the 54 year old cardinal from the Philippines

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Cardinal is speaking in Latin - and announced the name as Joreg Mario Bergolglio

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected the next pope. He is the first non-European pope.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Against abortion, euthanasia, and same-sex marriage. Is convinced that adoption of children to same-sex couples is "discrimination against children"...

Nothing new to see here.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Against abortion, euthanasia, and same-sex marriage. Is convinced that adoption of children to same-sex couples is "discrimination against children"...

Nothing new to see here.

Says the man, wearing a dress, red slippers, carrying a huge ring on his finger and holding a baton... It seems he speaks more out of jealousy than conviction IMHO...