Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum

The Sistine Chapel’s chimney, after a little uncertainty, seems to indicate clearly that the Pope has been elected: the smoke is white. It is 7:06 PM on the 13 March 2013. Crowds head towards Saint Peter’s Square. It is curiosity that urges the people to cross the symbolic border with Italy: the desire to see the new Pope. 

At 8:20 PM, applause follows cries of joy after Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran pronounces the famous formula: Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus Papam. Then the Cardinal says: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Georgium Marium Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Bergoglio qui sibi nomen imposuit Franciscum.

We ask God to bless our new Pope Francis (Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio) with the grace to lead the Church with wisdom, and the Holy Spirit to enlighten him in his mission as Shepherd of the People of God.