The Conclave has begun to find a new Pope

[calista]

We are waiting for white smoke

[Russ]

The news reported there was black smoke so no show on a new pope for today.

[AdultDomain_1]

White smoke for black pope

[monsta]

Jesus was not white people in that part of the middle east are more dark skinned than white so a black pope makes sense

[TheButcher]

So there was white smoke and

"Even before his name was announced from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, the crowds below were chanting "Viva il Papa" - Long live the Pope.

Robert Prevost, 69, will be the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV.

He is the first American to fill the role of Pope, although he is considered as much a cardinal from Latin America because of the many years he spent as a missionary in Peru, before becoming a bishop there.

Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ordained as a priest in 1982. Although he moved to Peru three years later, he returned regularly to the US to serve as a pastor and a prior in his home city.

He has Peruvian nationality and is fondly remembered as a figure who worked with marginalised communities and helped build bridges.

He spent 10 years as a local parish pastor and as a teacher at a seminary in Trujillo in northwestern Peru."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ln80lzk7ko

[viking]

Trump is happy one less person he does not have to sanction or put tariffs on.

[NSWDave]

Odd thing they keep electing non-Italian Pope's you'd think the Pope would come form the Vatican and be Italian.