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White smoke is pour­ing out of the Sis­tine Chapel chim­ney, sig­nalling that a pope has been elect­ed to lead the Catholic Church.

That means the win­ner se­cured at least 89 votes of the 133 car­di­nals par­tic­i­pat­ing in the con­clave to elect a suc­ces­sor to Pope Fran­cis. The crowd in St. Pe­ter’s Square erupt­ed in cheers. The name will be an­nounced lat­er, when a top car­di­nal ut­ters the words “Habe­mus pa­pam!” Latin for “We have a pope!” from the log­gia of St. Pe­ter’s Basil­i­ca. The car­di­nal then reads the win­ner’s birth name in Latin, and re­veals the name he has cho­sen to be called.

The new pope is then ex­pect­ed to make his first pub­lic ap­pear­ance and im­part a bless­ing from the same log­gia.