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Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio, elected Pope Francis (17 images)

Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church.



US Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan participates in a Mass for the election of a new pope, at the St Peter's basilica on March 12, 2013 at the Vatican. The 115 cardinal electors who pick the next leader of 1.2 billion Catholics in a conclave in the Sistine Chapel will live inside the Vatican walls completely cut off from the outside world until they have made their choice. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
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US cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley participates in a Mass for the election of a new pope, at the St Peter's basilica on March 12, 2013 at the Vatican. The 115 cardinal electors who pick the next leader of 1.2 billion Catholics in a conclave in the Sistine Chapel will live inside the Vatican walls completely cut off from the outside world until they have made their choice. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
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Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn participates in a Mass for the election of a new pope, at the St Peter's basilica on March 12, 2013 at the Vatican. The 115 cardinal electors who pick the next leader of 1.2 billion Catholics in a conclave in the Sistine Chapel will live inside the Vatican walls completely cut off from the outside world until they have made their choice. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
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Ghanaian cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson participates in a Mass for the election of a new pope, at the St Peter's basilica on March 12, 2013 at the Vatican. The 115 cardinal electors who pick the next leader of 1.2 billion Catholics in a conclave in the Sistine Chapel will live inside the Vatican walls completely cut off from the outside world until they have made their choice. UPI/Stefano Spaziani
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