Update:
The support of at least 89 of the 133 cardinal electors participating in the conclave was needed to elect a new bishop of Rome. In accordance with tradition, a senior cardinal first addressed the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica with the words: “Habemus papam!” – Latin for “We have a pope!”
The new Pope himself then appeared on the balcony to deliver his first words as the pontiff. “Peace be with you all,” Leo XIV said, adding that it was “the first greetings of the resurrected Christ.” He then explained that he would “also like this greeting of peace to enter our hearts and our families.”
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