Jubilations have rocked among members of the Catholic Church as White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, signalling the election of a new pope by the cardinals.

The historic moment followed days of closed-door deliberations at the Vatican, where 133 cardinal-electors gathered in a papal conclave to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

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