Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope

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Publication Date 13/03/2013
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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the Roman Catholic Church's new Pope on the 13 March 2013. The first Latin American to be Pope, he was to be called Francis I.

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ESO: Background information: Election for new pope to begin on Tuesday http://www.europeansources.info/record/election-for-new-pope-to-begin-on-tuesday/
ESO: Background information: Benedict stuns Church with abdication http://www.europeansources.info/record/benedict-stuns-church-with-abdication/
BBC News: Tag: Pope Francis I http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21701046
Catholic News Agency: Tag: Pope http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/tags/pope/
Vatican Information Service: News, 13.03.13: Cardinal Bergoglio elected to Pontificate http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.va%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fcardinal-bergoglio-elected-to-pontificate&ei=5JBdUtejLfOg0wXp04GYAw&usg=AFQjCNEsxT-VdLfiThOLhY6IyLBwySAifQ&sig2=Mb8mbJNPvI2aG8xpNKWAig&bvm=bv.53899372,d.d2k
Deutsche Welle, 14.03.13: New pope's first task is reform, say critics http://www.dw.de/new-popes-first-task-is-reform-say-critics/a-16666930
EurActiv, 14.03.13: EU leaders wish Pope Francis strength to promote ‘values’ http://www.euractiv.com/culture/eu-leaders-wish-pope-francis-str-news-518481
European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/13/221: Joint message of congratulations by the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, to the newly elected Pope and Head of the Vatican State, his Holiness Francis I http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-221_en.pdf
European Parliament: Press Release, 13.03.13: Schulz on the election of Pope Francis http://www.europarl.europa.eu/the-president/en/press/press_release_speeches/press_release/2013/2013-march/press_release-2013-march-8.html
Council of Europe: Press Release, 13.03.13: Secretary General congratulates Francis I on his election as new Pope http://hub.coe.int/en/web/coe-portal/press/newsroom?p_p_id=newsroom&_newsroom_articleId=1374352
France24, 14.03.13: 'Humble' Argentine cardinal becomes Pope Francis http://www.france24.com/en/20130313-profile-pope-francis-argentinean-cardinal-humble-man-catholic-church
EUObserver,14.03.13: EU leaders welcome 'non-European' pope http://euobserver.com/social/119421
Famiglia Cristiana, 13.03.13: Eletto Jorge Maria Bergoglio, Papa Francesco I http://www.famigliacristiana.it/chiesa/news_1/articolo/eletto-jorge-maria-bergoglio-papa-francesco-i.aspx
Corriere della Sera, 14.03.13: ‘The surprise of Francis’ (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3536551-surprise-francis

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