{"id":528709,"date":"2025-05-08T19:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/?p=528709"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:02:17","slug":"white-smoke-over-the-vatican-habemus-papam-a-new-pope-has-been-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/white-smoke-over-the-vatican-habemus-papam-a-new-pope-has-been-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"White smoke over the Vatican: Habemus Papam, a new pope has been elected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At exactly 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2925, white smoke rose into the Roman sky\u2014a centuries-old signal marking the end of the papal conclave and the election of a new pontiff. The Catholic world now holds its breath, awaiting the appearance of the new pope on the central balcony of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, where the iconic Latin phrase <em>Habemus Papam<\/em> will soon be proclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Wednesday, the 133 cardinal electors\u2014hailing from 70 countries, including five from France\u2014had been secluded in the Sistine Chapel, beneath Michelangelo\u2019s frescoes, for two days of intense and highly secret deliberations, as dictated by the Church\u2019s time-honored traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French cardinal Dominique Mamberti has been tasked with the solemn announcement of the name of Jorge Mario Bergoglio\u2019s successor. Pope Francis passed away just over two weeks ago. The declaration will be immediately followed by the new pope\u2019s first public appearance, where he will offer his blessing to the faithful gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square from the central loggia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tradition steeped in symbolism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The election of a pope is a momentous occasion for the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics. The conclave is a strict and sacred process: held in absolute secrecy, with no contact with the outside world allowed until a new spiritual leader is chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The white smoke, produced by burning the ballots along with a special chemical mixture, is the Vatican\u2019s visible sign to the world that a decision has been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming hours, all eyes will turn to the identity of the new pope\u2014his background, age, and the papal name he chooses to mark the beginning of his pontificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At exactly 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2925, white smoke rose into the Roman sky\u2014a centuries-old signal marking the end of the papal conclave and the election of a new pontiff. The Catholic world now holds its breath, awaiting the appearance of the new pope on the central balcony of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":527907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"pays":[],"personnalite":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-528709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-company-news-benews"},"acf":{"type_de_publication":"opinion","nom_de_linstitution":"","description_de_linstitution":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528713,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528709\/revisions\/528713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528709"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=528709"},{"taxonomy":"personnalite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personnalite?post=528709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}