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Morocco World News with agencies
New York, March 13, 2013
The Argentinian Jorge Maria Bergoglio has been elected on Wednesday new Pope of the catholic church. Earlier on the day, white smoke billowed from a Sistine Chapel chimney to show that a new pope has been elected to replace the frail Benedict XVI as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.
He is the 266th pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history. the new Pope, who will call himself Francis the First, is 76 years old. He is the first Pope from Latina America and a developing country.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims in St Peter’s Square cheered and the bells of St Peter’s Basilica rang out after the 115 cardinals meeting in a Vatican conclave signaled their decision.
The smoke from the chimney was produced by burning the ballots and setting off smoke flares in two stoves specially installed in a corner of the chapel, AFP reported on Wednesday.
