New pope elected: Live updates after white smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the conclave has chosen a pontiff

White fume emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Thursday, signaling that the conclave to elite a caller pope has chosen the adjacent person of the Roman Catholic Church.

Just aft 6 p.m. section clip successful Vatican City (noon ET), achromatic fume roseate from the Sistine Chapel chimney arsenic bells rang, which symbolized that the conclave had reached the two-thirds bulk indispensable for a caller pope.

Previous votes, which resulted successful achromatic fume coming from the chapel, meant that a ballot was inconclusive and did not scope a decision.

The papal conclave began connected May 7 with 133 electors, the largest fig of voting cardinals successful history.

A assemblage of much than 10,000 radical had gathered successful St. Peter’s Square connected Thursday to await the results of the votes.

The recently elected pope volition soon look connected the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, wherever helium volition beryllium introduced to the world.