Cardinal Jorge Bergogolio who was previously the archbishop of Buenos Aires has been elected as Pope. Catholics all around the world are celebrating as a new Pope has been selected. The announcement came a few minutes after cardinals completed their fifth round of voting on the second day of their conclave.
The native Spanish speaker, who is also fluent in Italian and German, began his address with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'. Dressed in white robes with an elaborate stole, Pope Francis becomes the first South American Pontiff and first non-European Pope. He is also the first Jesuit to hold the title and narrowly lost out to Benedict XVI in 2005.
Pope Francis I is 76 years old.
Congrats!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
We have a new Pope - He's 76-year-old Argentinian Jesuit Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis I)
Cardinal Jorge Bergogolio who was previously the archbishop of Buenos Aires has been elected as Pope. Catholics all around the world are celebrating as a new Pope has been selected. The announcement came a few minutes after cardinals completed their fifth round of voting on the second day of their conclave.
The native Spanish speaker, who is also fluent in Italian and German, began his address with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'. Dressed in white robes with an elaborate stole, Pope Francis becomes the first South American Pontiff and first non-European Pope. He is also the first Jesuit to hold the title and narrowly lost out to Benedict XVI in 2005.
Pope Francis I is 76 years old.
Congrats!
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