Habemus Papam!

News just in ... the cardinals have elected a new pope.

Now we wait for about an hour for them to announce their choice to the rest of the waiting world.

Tension is seriously high here.

Will it be Lustiger?

Tettamanzi?

Ratzinger?

Stay tuned ...

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UPDATED

The words rang out at St. Peter's Square at around 6:45 pm ...

"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam! Eminentissimun ac reverendissimum dominum Iosephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedicti Decimi Sexti."

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger is our new pope, under the name Benedict XVI.

Much to say, but later.

First, there must be prayer.