Voice of America: White Smoke Over Sistine Chapel Signals New Pope

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White Smoke Over Sistine Chapel Signals New Pope Mar 13th 2013, 18:18 White smoke emerged from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel and bells pealed in Vatican City Wednesday evening, signaling that a new pope has been chosen to lead the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. The 115 voting members of the College of Cardinals elected a successor to 85-year-old Pope Benedict, who resigned last month saying he did not have the strength to carry out his papal duties. The candidate had to receive two-thirds of the vote, or 77 ballots, to be chosen to lead the ...

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