Photos: Conclave at Vatican has chosen a new pope
March 13, 2013
Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 163613435 )
Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 163612376 )
Assistants prepare the balcony prior the arrival of the elected cardinal, Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis I on March 13, 2013 from the balcony of St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518136135 )
French proto-deacon cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (C) announces the name of the new Pope, Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on March 13, 2013 from the balcony of St Peter's basilica at the Vatican. AFP FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518136068 )
White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The white smoke indicates that the new pope has been elected. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ( Vatican Pope )
A statue of St Peter looks down upon people sheltering from the rain under umbrellas as they gather in St Peter's Square as they wait for news on the election of a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 163609440 )
People walk on St Peter's square on the second day of the conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. The 115 cardinals held a first inconclusive vote in the Sistine Chapel yesterday as they began the process of finding a successor to Benedict XVI, who brought a troubled eight-year papacy to an abrupt end by resigning last month. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 518129892 )
This Aug. 7, 2009 file photo shows Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, files) ( Vatican Pope )
A Catholic nun prays inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Cardinals from around the globe locked themselves inside the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church. The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, reportedly got the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 papal election, and he has long specialized in the kind of pastoral work that some say is an essential skill for the next pope. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ( Argentina Pope )
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, holds on to his umbrella next to Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as they walk in St. Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Cardinals are meeting to discuss the problems of the church and to get to know one another because there is no clear front-runner in the election of the new pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Vatican Pope Cardinals )
A file picture taken on January 13, 2007 at the Vatican shows Pope Benedict XVI (L) meeting the archbishop of Buenos Aires Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who has been elected on March 13, 2013 to replace the frail Benedict XVI as leader of the world's 1.2 billon Catholics as tens of thousands cheer in St Peter's Square. ARTURO MARI/OSSERVATORE ROMANO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518136083 )
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio leads a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. About 40 percent of the world's Catholics live in Latin America. It suggests that if the cardinals who will elect the next pope are willing to look outside Europe, their first choice might be Central or South America, which brings 19 cardinals to the conclave. Bergoglio has been mentioned as papal possibility to succeed Pope†Benedict†XVI. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ( Argentina Bergoglio )
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio leads a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. About 40 percent of the world's Catholics live in Latin America. It suggests that if the cardinals who will elect the next pope are willing to look outside Europe, their first choice might be Central or South America, which brings 19 cardinals to the conclave. Bergoglio has been mentioned as papal possibility to succeed Pope†Benedict†XVI. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ( Argentina Bergoglio )
White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope in their ballot of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134705 )
People gather in St Peter's Square as they wait for news on the election of a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 163609474 )
In a photo taken with a fisheye lens, crowds gather in St. Peter's Square to wait for the election of a new pope by the cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( APTOPIX Vatican Pope )
Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ( Vatican Pope )
A woman walks across St Peter's Square in an American flag as others wait for smoke to emanate from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel which will indicate whether or not the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 163600036 )
Italian guards walk in St. Peter's Square as poeple wait for smoke to emanate from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel which will indicate whether or not the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 163600045 )
People wait for smoke to emanate from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel which will indicate whether or not the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 163600180 )
People carry a cross through St Peter's Square as they wait for news on the election of a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 163606244 )
Birds fly off the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as the College of Cardinals attempt to elect a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 163607715 )
People shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they gather in St Peter's Square for news on the election of a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 163609495 )
A faithful looks to the chimney with binoculars on St Peter's square waiting for the smoke announcing the result of the second vote of the conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 518130808 )
People wait under rain at St Peter' square during the conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images ( 518132841 )
Nuns pray on St Peter's square on the second day of the conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 518133669 )
Faithfuls wait under their umbrellas at St Peter's square for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images ( 518133738 )
Faithfuls wait under their umbrellas at St Peter's square for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images ( 518133933 )
Faithful wait for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134085 )
Faithful wait for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134219 )
Faithfuls wait under rain at St Peter's square for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134265 )
A bird stands on the chimney of the Sistine chapel as faithful wait for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134442 )
A faithful waves a French flag as the crowd waits for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134475 )
Faithfuls wait under rain for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at St Peter's square at the Vatican. In a rain-swept St Peter's Square, tens of thousands of people were hoping today to see the puff of smoke that would signal that cardinals meeting inside the chapel had reached a decision on who should be the next pope. Despite two puffs of black smoke in as many days, signaling that the 115 cardinals in the secret conclave had yet to choose a successor to Benedict XVI, many in the crowd were optimistic. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134533 )
Faithfuls wait under rain for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave on March 13, 2013 at St Peter's square at the Vatican. In a rain-swept St Peter's Square, tens of thousands of people were hoping today to see the puff of smoke that would signal that cardinals meeting inside the chapel had reached a decision on who should be the next pope. Despite two puffs of black smoke in as many days, signaling that the 115 cardinals in the secret conclave had yet to choose a successor to Benedict XVI, many in the crowd were optimistic. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134615 )
Visitors cover St. Peter's Square with their umbrellas as they wait for the election of a new pope by the cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Vatican Pope )
Visitors wait in St. Peter's Square as cardinals meet in conclave to elect a new pope at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Bloke smoke billowed from a chimney on the Sistine Chapel earlier in the day signifying that a pope had not yet been elected. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Vatican Pope )
Nuns walk in the rain at St. Peter's Square on the second day of the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinals remained divided over who should be pope on Wednesday after three rounds of voting, an indication that disagreements remain about the direction of the Catholic church following the upheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ( Vatican Pope )
Black smoke billows out from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have failed to elect a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor is being chosen by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors, meeting in strict secrecy, will need to reach a two-thirds-plus-one vote majority to elect the 266th Pontiff. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ( 163598947 )
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square to wait for the election of a new pope by the cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Vatican Pope )
Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square to wait for the election of a new pope by the cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Vatican Pope )
Visitors wait in front of St. Peter's Basilica while cardinals meet in conclave in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Vatican Pope )
Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have failed to elect a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor is being chosen by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors, meeting in strict secrecy, will need to reach a two-thirds-plus-one vote majority to elect the 266th Pontiff. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 163598609 )
Crowds cheer after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( APTOPIX Vatican Pope )
People react in St Peter's Square as white smoke emits from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as a new Pope is elected on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor - the 266th Pontiff - has been selected by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 163610164 )
People jubilate as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 163611502 )
People jubilate as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 163611503 )
A pilgrim kisses a cross after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Vatican Pope )
Faithful react as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope on the second day of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 518134878 )
Swiss guards parade after white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel (not pictured) meaning that cardinals elected a new pope on the second day of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518135185 )
Crowds fill St. Peter's Square after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ( Vatican Pope )
Crowds cheer after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Vatican Pope )
Crowds cheer after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Vatican Pope )
In this undated picture released by journalist Sergio Rubin, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, right, kisses the hand of late Pope John Paul II during a ceremony at the Vatican. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin, ho) ( Vatican Pope )
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