By RUBY THOMAS Record Staff Writer
Thick white smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at 12:09 p.m. (EDT) May 8, the first full day of the conclave.
Catholics in the archdiocese and the world over now await the minute the new pontiff — the 267th pope — appears on the balcony.
The Archdiocese of Louisville will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the new pope on Monday May 12, at 6 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Assumption.
More news to come.
