The New Pope Has Been Elected And Will Soon Be Named!

Just a big congratulations to all the Catholics reading this!  It's very exciting news when the new leader of the Catholic religion gets elected and a congratulations to all Catholics is definitely in order here!  White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel indicating that Roman Catholic Cardinals have elected the new Pope and he will soon be named!

More from CNN:

• "White smoke has risen from above the Sistine Chapel, indicating that Roman Catholic cardinals have elected a new pope.
• Election comes on first full day of the cardinals' conclave in the Sistine Chapel. It appears to have come on the fifth ballot; at least 77 of the 115 cardinal votes were needed for a pope to be chosen."

The new Pope succeeds Pope Benedict XVI who was actually the first Pope to resign in literally hundreds of years!

We'll hit you with the newly named Pope once that information gets released!