The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel have elected 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.
The voice of the six bells of St Peter's Basilca announced thatt the Church has its new Pope. "It's a moment of joy,the wait is over," the Vatican News said in a message.
Phone signal will be deactivated at 3 pm (local time) on Wednesday, an hour and a half before the cardinals are scheduled to proceed to the Sistine Chapel to start the papal conclave, CNN reported, citing Italian state broadcaster RAI reported on Monday.
After joking that he would be his own "number one choice" to lead the Catholic Church, US President Donald Trump took the moment further by sharing an AI image of himself dressed as the Pope.
President of Israel, Isaac Herzog on Friday morning visited the Embassy of the Vatican and the Papal Nuncio, and signed the book of condolences opened officially to mourn the passing of Pope Francis. The President expressed his sympathies to the Catholic communities in the Holy Land and the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, while addressing a gathering in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, remembered Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88 on Easter Monday in Vatican City.