When asked at the conclusion of a White House ceremony honoring military mothers for his reaction to a new pope being chosen, President Donald Trump acknowledged the news out of the Vatican. "I've seen the smoke, but I haven't seen the pope," he said before walking out of the East Room.

The conclave on Thursday elected a new pope iafter white smoke was seen rising from the Sistine Chapel, but the new pope has not yet been publicly announced.

The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words “Habemus papam!” Latin for “We have a pope!” from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,