I was there when white smoke rose, Pope was chosen

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It poured in Vatican City all day on March 13, and yet the crowds waited quietly and patiently in the cold in St Peter's square. The historic moment when the white smoke goes out of the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel, is something everyone wanted to witness. I was there too, and here's how it all unfolded.

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