Holy Smoke - We Have A New Pope
Reuters reports:
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for the past 23 years, was elected Pope on Tuesday despite a widespread assumption he was too old and divisive to win election.Even with the comforts of their new accommodations, the cardinals didn't waste any time.
He took the name Benedict XVI, a cardinal announced to crowds in St. Peter's Square after white smoke from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel chimney and the pealing of bells from St. Peter's Basilica announced that a new pope had been chosen.
Roman Catholic cardinals elected Ratzinger on just the second day of secret conclave to find a successor to Pope John Paul II.
One positive is that the 24 hour "White Smoke" watch is now over and we can all get back to other news - like the Michael Jackson trial, of course.
Posted at 4/19/2005 09:27:00 AM PT
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