He is from Argentina, first South American Pope



VATICAN CITY- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina was announced as the new pope Wednesday after white smoke emerged from the roof of the Sistine Chapel, and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica pealed, signalling that cardinals had chosen a new pope to lead the troubled Roman Catholic Church after only five ballots. [size=13pt]The new pope will call himself Pope Francis I[/size].

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Congratulations to the Catholics

He is actually Italian decent! Congrats to the Catholic church. At least something different for Argentina apart from Messi

Pope Francis we welcome you with open arms !

The Catholic church has a new pope.

Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be known as Francis. He is the first pope to be known by that name, and the first from the Americas.

At 7:07 p.m., local time, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signalling that a new pope had been elected after only two days of voting and five ballots. It came as a surprise, because there was no frontrunner going into the conclave and Vatican watchers had expected another day of voting after two inconclusive votes this morning.

Wow! Congrats to him.

I hope he will be an effective leader of Catholics worldwide.

He will be known as Pope FRANCIS

Finally! Congrats Pope Francis 1.
Chai! Sori my African brothers d cardinals.

Dominus leap us well

Congrats father

Congratz

Black,black and black pope where are you? Another hope dashed.

Will there ever be a black pope?

.....Wat abt our nigga?.....nuffin gwud comes ouTta Ghana...Afcon,Indomie....PopeHood,nuffin...

how does this stop JONAThan Badluck from stealing our money? How does this stop Alams from becoming head of NDDC? How does this stop Anenih and co from sharing our oil money? How does this give boko haram amnesty..yet its on the frontpage..ok..4th to comment sha o

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new pope, he is 76 and from Argentina! Lord! Lionel Messi would be unstoppable now!!!

Wonderful.

MMW, the topic is on the FP

Great. Congratulations to all da Catholics out there. Am proud to be a member.

Thank God he is not from Africa. It would have affected us adversely.

Congratulations to the new pope Francis 1, bt make i ask Oº°˚˚°ºh, when re they going to elect young pope to rule

new pope

OAM4J: He is from Argentina, first South American Pope

Yes. That's good. Catholic church I opening up into the new millenium. Afterall latinos and African are the backbone of the church today.

God bless the Pope...!!!

Owkey ........we hav heard!