The process can take anything from days to months, but this year it took just one day before white smoke emanated from the chimney of the Vatican to indicate that a new pontiff had been elected. The ...

Moment When White Smoke Billows From The Chimney Of The Sistine Chapel In Vatican White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the ...

And on Thursday, on the fourth count that world had a new pope, the assembled ranks of the navy, air force, the Vatican band ...

Euronews was in St Peter's Square along with 150,000 people who flocked to greet the first-ever pope to hail from the US.

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