Argentine cardinal elected as new pope, named Pope Francis
100 photos Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the new pope by the Papal conclave on Wednesday. His selected name: Pope Francis. He is the first Jesuit to become pope. Argentina’s...
View ArticlePope Francis’ inauguration mass draws thousands to Vatican
32 photos Six days after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the new head of the Catholic Church, the newly dubbed Pope Francis was formally installed as the church’s next pontiff....
View ArticlePrayers, protests against military action in Syria
22 photos Pope Francis led Catholics worldwide in a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, urging world leaders to remove their nations from a “spiral of sorrow and death.” In a five-hour...
View ArticlePope Francis delivers first Christmas Day address
12 photos In his first Christmas as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis used his “Urbi et Orbi” address to call for an end to the conflict in South Sudan and peace worldwide....
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