On the second day of the Conclave, where the 133 Cardinal electors were gathered to choose the new Pope, the Australian Embassy to the Holy See hosted a “conclave watch” event where everyone waited for a white or black smoke to merge from the Sistine Chapel.

The white smoke suddenly appeared announcing that the conclave had chosen the next Pope!

A few sea gulls were constantly monitoring the chimney of the Sistine Chapel growing much attention to themselves and a few laughs. They were even present minutes before the white smoke came out announcing that Robert Francis Prevost was named pope, taking the name of Leo XIV.

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