Photos by Catholic News Agency & Vatican News
(Left) White smoke billows from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel as the world learns a new pope has been elected. (Right) Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing urbi et orbi, on the city and the world, after being named the 267th pope of the Catholic Church. Click here to read Bishop LaValley's reaction to the news of the Pope.

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