White Smoke Issuing From Sistine Chapel: How to Watch the New Pope Being Announced

The papal conclave took place this week, and the white smoke that issued from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday at 6:07 p.m. local time indicated a new pope has been chosen. After the cardinals voted and their ballots were counted, the ballots were burned and chemicals added to the flames to produce white smoke. Crowds gathering in St. Peter's Square cheered and celebrated the results. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American pope in history, will be known as Pope Leo XIV, according to CNN. The new pope made his first appearance on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at 7:13 p.m. He read briefly to the crowd, before disappearing inside again. The other cardinals appeared soon after, looking excited. Pope Leo XIV reemerged in his papal robes at 7:23 p.m., waving to the thousands of people in the crowd gathered below, before speaking. X/Screenshot by CNET Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at age 88, was laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The cardin ... Read full article.