Behold the new pontiff (Pope Leo Xiv) 69 years old American
By Kingsley Chukwuka
The Catholic church has elected a new Pope in an election that lasted for two days in the Vatican City.
The election that saw the emergence of the Pope came after the death of Pope Francis, who died at age 88.
The sign of the concluded election is known through the emergence of a white smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
The new Pope whose name is Cardinal Robert Prevost is an American and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, was Archbishop Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo.
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The white smoke flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on the second day of the Conclave shortly after 1pm on Thursday, our correspondent reports.
The white smoke signalled that one of the candidates for the pontificate had obtained the necessary two-thirds majority for election.
The crowd in St Peter’s Square is now waiting expectantly for the new Pope to appear on the huge balcony that runs across the front of St Peter’s basilica.
