BREAKING: White smoke emerges as Conclave elects new pope

White smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signalling to the world that a new pope has been elected by a conclave of 133 Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world.

The identity of the new pontiff has not yet been revealed.

Vatican officials are expected to announce his name in Latin from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly.

Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old Frenchman born in Morocco, is expected to deliver the announcement—unless he himself has been chosen as the new pope.