Habemus papam

Habemus Papam! ("We Have a Pope!") is the announcement given in Latin by the Cardinal Protodeacon, the senior Cardinal Deacon, upon the election of a new Roman Catholic pope.

The announcement is given from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. After the announcement, the new pope is presented to the people and he gives his first Urbi et Orbi blessing.

The format for the announcement when a cardinal is elected Pope is:

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum:
HABEMUS PAPAM!
Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum,
Dominum (first name) Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem (last name),
Qui sibi nomen imposuit (papal name).

In English, it can be translated as:

I announce to you a great joy.
WE HAVE A POPE!
The Most Eminent and Reverend Lord,
Lord (first name), Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church (last name),
Who takes to himself the name (papal name).

In the Habemus Papam announcement given by Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez on 19 April 2005 upon the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the announcement was preceded by a greeting in several languages:

Fratelli e sorelle carissimi (Italian)
Queridísimos hermanos y hermanas. (Spanish)
Bien chers frères et sœurs. (French)
Liebe Brüder und Schwestern. (German)
Dear brothers and sisters. (English)

The text of the announcement is partly inspired by the Gospel of Luke (2:10–11), which records the words of the angel announcing to the shepherds the birth of the Messiah:

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