Francis I elected pope: Live Report
- Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 01.49
- Online news: World
We are now wrapping up this Live Report on the surprise election of Francis I as the first Latin American pope.
Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio, elected Pope Francis I waves from the window of St Peter's Basilica's balcony after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the modest 76-year-old Argentinian archbishop of Buenos Aires, got an ecstatic reception from the tens of thousands who gathered in St Peter's Basilica to hear his first words.
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