JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO IS THE NEW POPE
Mar 13, 2013, 23:44 IST
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been named new Pope.
Bergolio is currently the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. His new name will be Pope Francis.
His selection is a suprise, as on the final day he was getting odds of 33/1 on Paddy Power.
For one thing, he is 76 years old — considerably older than many of the other candidates — and many had thought that the papal conclave would favor a younger candidate, given Pope Benedict XVI's early resignation.
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However, he is the first Pope from the "New World", and the first from Latin America — an important change given that 40% of Catholics currently live there.