Hi Sweets,
I have been waiting patiently for this moment!
!SO HAPPY!
BIG CONGRATS 2 POPE FRANCIS D1st
below are brief of what happened after he was elected as the pope!!
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio has greeted crowds in Rome's St Peter's Square after his election as
the Catholic Church's new Pope.
Appearing on a balcony over the square, he asked the faithful to pray for
him. Cheers erupted as he gave a blessing.
The first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be pontiff, he will call
himself Francis I.
An hour earlier, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney announced the
new Pope's election.
Pope Francis, 76, replaces Benedict XVI, who resigned last month at the age
of 85, saying he was not strong enough to lead the Church.
The 115 cardinals have been in isolation since Tuesday afternoon, and held
four inconclusive votes.
At least 77 of them, or two-thirds, would have had to vote for a single
candidate for him to be elected Pope.
Before the conclave began, there was no clear frontrunner to replace
Benedict.
Crowds with umbrellas massed in the square flying flags from around the
world.
The Catholic News Agency said people were running through the streets of
Rome, hoping to reach St Peter's Square in time for the appearance of the new
Pope.
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