from NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: www.npr.org/
As afternoon turned to evening in Vatican City on Wednesday, around 7:08 p.m. local time, white smoke rose from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel and bells rang through St. Peter's Square — the traditional signals that the church's cardinals have chosen a new pope.
The papal selection came after five votes by the 115 cardinals eligible to cast ballots. They voted once on Tuesday (March 12) , twice Wednesday morning and then twice again on Wednesday afternoon. It takes a two-thirds majority (77 in this case) to become pope.
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