Cardinals have successfully chosen a new pope.
The indication was as white smoke was seen from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, Blueprint reports.
The white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel means that each of the last three popes were elected in the afternoon of the second day of the conclave.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected after four rounds of voting; Francis was elected after five.
The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica are ringing to welcome the news that a new pope has been elected.
The crowd in the Vatican’s main square burst into applause when the white smoke began to pour out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.
The identity of the next pontiff is expected to be revealed shortly when he appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.