The Catholic Church has elected a new pope.
This was made known following the detection of white smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
However, the identity of the new pope was not immediately made known, as the pontiff’s name has yet to be announced.
The new pope will replace the late Pope Francis, who died last month at the age of 88.
The white smoke flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on the second day of the conclave shortly after 1pm on Thursday.
The white smoke signaled that one of the candidates for the pontificate had obtained the necessary two-thirds majority for election.
