White smoke has flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel – but the pontiff's name has yet to be announced White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel to signify to the world that a new pope has been chosen. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP The Roman Catholic church has a new pope. White smoke flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican shortly after 6pm on Wednesday, signalling that one of the candidates for the pontificate had obtained the necessary two-thirds majority for election. As is customary, the identity of the new pope was not immediately made known. And the crowd in St Peter's Square was waiting expectantly for him to appear on the huge balcony that runs across the front of St Peter's basilica. The fumata bianca – the white smoke signal that marks the successful conclusion of a papal conclave – arrived after five ballots on the second day of voting. The smoke that poured out of the comig
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