White smoke!
The next Pope is chosen
The search for the successor to Francis was successful. White smoke rose from the chimney on the Sistine chapel on May 8th.
The Catholic Church has a new head! On May 8, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel – the sign that a successor was found for the Pope Francis (1936-2025), who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88.
The new Pope will be announced on May 8th
So far, it has not yet been known who was chosen by the cardinals entitled to vote for the next head of the church. The new Pope will soon be announced with the words “Habemus Papam” (German “We have a Pope”) on St. Peter’s Square. The next Pontifex will also share its papal name.
The cardinals did not take long to choose a new Pope. The conclave had started yesterday, May 7th. Numerous believers had been pending on St. Peter’s Square until 9:00 p.m. in order to experience the result. But instead of white smoke that would have announced the new Pope, it smoked Schwarz out of the chimney.
The shortest conclave in history has only lasted a few hours: Julius II was elected on October 31, 1503. Also Pius XII. was determined on the first day in 1939 – a record that the next Pope can no longer break.
The longest conclave, on the other hand, ran over three years: after Clemens IV’s death in November 1268, the 18 cardinals gathered in Viterbo only agreed on a compromise on September 1, 1271.
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Source: Stern
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