SOURCE: Mensjournal- A new Pope has been chosen.

The Vatican made the announcement just after 11 a.m central time on May 8, 2025, as the world waited for the name.

The Vatican shared a photo showing the famous white smoke that signals the cardinals in the conclave had chosen the Pope.

“White smoke! The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica,” Vatican News reported on X.

Who is the new Pope? The name was not yet released and there were many candidates whose names rose and fell in recent days as the conclave failed to come to an agreement on the new representative of Catholics worldwide.

The new Pope will replace Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church.

This is a developing story.