Born from a Ralph Fiennes fan page, the parody account became a real-time chronicler of conclave drama and progressive Catholic hopes.
White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday at 6:07 p.m. local time, signaling the end of the conclave and the election of a new pope to lead the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is now the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.