Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Photo: Gregorio Borgia
White smoke billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky
Crowds fill St. Peter's Square after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected at the Vatican.
Photo: Andrew Medichini
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announces from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, the election of the new Pope. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis was elected the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Photo: Michael Sohn
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Photo: Michael Sohn
Pope Francis speaks to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Photo: Andrew Medichini
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Photo: Alessandra Tarantino
Cardinals watch as Pope Francis speaks to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Photo: Andrew Medichini
In this January 13, 2007 photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, then Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during their meeting at the Vatican. Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, reportedly got the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger, the last pope, in the 2005 papal election.
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In this August 7, 2009 photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a mass outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko
In this undated picture, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, right, kisses the hand of late Pope John Paul II during a ceremony at the Vatican.
