About This Trend

Weißer Rauch (white smoke) is a traditional signal indicating the successful election of a new Pope in the Catholic Church, emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

The white smoke is trending due to the recent Papstwahl (Pope election), where the 133 cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel have successfully elected a new Papst (Pope), with the smoke signaling the announcement of Habemus Papam, Latin for 'We have a Pope'. .

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