Updated: 14 March 2013 17:00 | By Maureen O'Hare and Ian Jones
New pope elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected pope

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is the new pope, and has taken the name Pope Francis I (© AP)
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  • Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is the new pope, and has taken the name Pope Francis I (© AP)
  • White smoke is seen from the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope (© Getty Images)
  • The faithful cheer as white smoke appears (© Reuters)
  • The faithful wait during the conclave in Saint Peter's Square (© Reuters)
  • Cardinals in Vatican City (© Getty Images)
  • Cardinals Enter the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave
  • Cardinals attend mass in St Peter's Basilica
  • Workers prepare the stoves that will be used to burn the ballots during the conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican (© REUTERS/Osservatore Romano)
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected as the new pope. He has taken the name Pope Francis I. He is the first Latin American pope, and the first to be chosen from outside Europe in over 1,000 years.

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