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Bergoglio of Argentina elected as new pope

Osama Noshi

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Friday ,15 March 2013

Bergoglio of Argentina elected as new pope

In a surprising choice, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have chosen Francis I to be the first pope of the Vatican from Latin America.

Pope Francis, 76, said that he came from the end of the world, meaning Latin America.
 
The new pope asked the people in his very first speech as pope to pray for him as well as the former pope, Benedict XVI.