India, May 8 -- Two favorites to succeed Pope Francis are Pietro Parolin and Luis Antonio Tagle. White smoke was seen above the Sistine Chapel, indicating that cardinals have elected a new pope to lead the church's 1.4 billion faithful. While the identity of the new pontiff has not been revealed yet, social media users discussed the favorite cardinals to take over the top job at the Vatican.

Born in January 1955 in Italy, Parolin has served as the Vatican Secretary of State since 2013, effectively the second-in-command to Pope Francis, often described as the "deputy pope." The 70-year-old holds degrees in theology and canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a diploma from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the Vatican'...