College of Cardinals

At age 49 he will become the second-youngest member of the College of Cardinals when he is installed Sept. 30.

This white smoke was the result of burned ballots from a successful vote among the members of the College of Cardinals.

He remained seated under a canopy while Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the vice deacon of the College of Cardinals, celebrated at the altar.

Re, who at age 89 is dean of the College of Cardinals, did not say if his information came from the Vatican or the hospital,

“He is a pope who has realized many things in 10 years,” Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, said in a brief interview on Monday evening.