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Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") -Pope Benedict XVI. Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") is the announcement given in Latin by the Cardinal Protodeacon.The Papal conclave of 2005 was convened as a …More
Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") -Pope Benedict XVI.

Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") is the announcement given in Latin by the Cardinal Protodeacon.The Papal conclave of 2005 was convened as a result of the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. After his death, the cardinals who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave to elect John Paul's successor. The conclave began on 18 April 2005 and ended on the following day after four ballots. Eligible members of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church (those who were younger than 80 years of age at the time of the death of Pope John Paul II) met and elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals as the new Pope. After accepting his election, he took the regnal name Benedict XVI.

The first ballot, on the evening of 18 April, produced black smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning no pope had been elected. More black smoke followed the two morning ballots of 19 April. White smoke emerged in the afternoon but the fact that initially the bells of St. Peter's Basilica did not ring left some uncertainty as to what this meant. Shortly after 6 p.m, they did begin pealing, thus confirming that a new pope had been elected.Successor to the Apostles.