White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening, signaling a successor to Pope Francis has been elected after three rounds of voting.
TheNewsGuru reports that the smoke is the only public sign of what is happening during the Papal Conclave, after the cardinals handed in their phones and took oaths of secrecy while the Vatican shut down mobile phone towers to protect the deliberations.
Although the name of the new Pope is yet to be disclosed, however, it will become clear when the cardinals emerge on the balcony of the Sistine Chapel in a moment.
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