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Argentina a complex crucible for Pope

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Argentina a complex crucible for Pope

Video from Saint Peter's Square as a new pope is elected.

The choice of Cardinal Bergoglio does mark a series of firsts: the first non-European Pope in modern times; the first Latin-American Pope; the first Jesuit Pope; he first Pope to take the name of Francis, in homage to St. Francis

New pope is Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, who takes the name Pope Francis. Francis, 76, is the first non-European pope in the modern era, the first South American pope

VATICAN CITY — He stopped to pay his hotel bill a day after becoming pope. He wore simple black shoes and an ordinary wristwatch with a thick black band to his first Mass as pontiff. He rode in a minivan to dinner with the cardinals who elected him,

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that Pope Francis had been wrong to say last year that Britain had "usurped" the Falkland Islands from Argentina, saying he respectfully disagreed with the new Pontiff. Argentine

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