Last month, the Catholic Pope decided that he was too old, feeble and unable to continue as the Pope, so he resigned. This was a first in the Catholic church and drew much controversy and comments from all those Catholic in the world. It also stated the historic process of the electing of a new Pope. Yes, the Catholics do it by election. All of the high Cardinals gather in Rome at the Sistine Church where they, for days, take votes as to who should be the next Pope. The first day, they vote in the morning and in the afternoon. After each vote, if there is not a unanimous vote, they blow black smoke from a pipe stack that has been placed on the top of the church. If the vote IS unanimous and they have mutually agreed on who should be the new Pope, then WHITE smoke will come billowing out of the said smoke pipe.
It wasn't until the second day, after the fifth vote that we had white smoke and the announcement of the new Pope. Another FIRST, as the Pope, for the first time, was chosen from South America - Argentina to be exact. And yet another first, he will go by the name Francis - the first. Quite a process.
Congratulations to the Catholic Church
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