Overview

• Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, a 73-year-old French clergyman and seasoned Vatican diplomat, will announce the new pope this evening using the Latin formula 'Habemus Papam.'
• Mamberti has served as protodiacono, the senior cardinal deacon responsible for this announcement, since October 2024 following the death of Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino.
• This will be the second consecutive papal announcement made by a French cardinal, following Jean-Louis Tauran's declaration in 2013 for Pope Francis.
• The announcement will follow Vatican traditions refined over centuries, including the white smoke signal and the subsequent inaugural rites of the new pope.
• Mamberti, created a cardinal in 2015 by Pope Francis, brings decades of experience, having held roles in Vatican diplomacy and as Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.