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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/41/lS7jA.St.138.jpeg|414Shelley Guadeloupe, from Puerto Rico, weeps after the announcement of a new Pope, as the Catholic faithfull gathered on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/41/n87Eo.St.138.jpeg|416Visitors take photos of Pope Francis as he speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/MY51o.St.138.jpeg|416People react after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/oHIdg.St.138.jpeg|442VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Cardinals look on from an adjacent balcony as newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/6zug7.St.138.jpeg|431VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/X0069.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: A girl waves an American flag as she reacts before newly elected Pope Francis I appeared on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/15HR7B.St.138.jpeg|489VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I leaves the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/10VTuo.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People cheer in St. Peter's Square as white smoke billows out signifying that the Cardinals in the Conclave have come to a decision on a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinals entered the conclave on March 12 to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI after he became the first pope in 600 years to resign from the role. The conclave inside the Sistine Chapel is attended by 115 cardinals as they voted to select the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/40/1ddUM9.St.138.jpeg|457VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/39/qXr1m.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People shelter from the rain in St. Peters Square as they await news of the newly elected Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor, the 266th Pontiff, has been selected by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/39/wjY7L.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People jubilate as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor, the 266th Pontiff, has been selected by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/39/cT5GG.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: A statue of St Peter looks down upon people sheltering from the rain under umbrellas as they gather in St Peter's Square as they wait for news on the election of a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor is being chosen by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors, meeting in strict secrecy, will need to reach a two-thirds-plus-one vote majority to elect the 266th Pontiff. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/38/OOWPF.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: A bird stands on the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel during the evening of the second ballot of Cardinals' secret conclave on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor is being chosen by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. The 115 cardinal-electors, meeting in strict secrecy, will need to reach a two-thirds-plus-one vote majority to elect the 266th Pontiff. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/38/hQWo2.St.138.jpeg|525Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/38/SIp1.St.138.jpeg|359In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis looks at the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/38/APD4A.St.138.jpeg|415Faithfuls wait under rain at St. Peter's Square for the smoke announcing the result on the second day of the papal election conclave, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at the Vatican. (Ansa/Zuma Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/37/1qjTWn.St.138.jpeg|525Pope Francis blesses the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/37/RDpAN.St.138.jpeg|430Pope Francis puts on his sash from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/1YwfJ.St.138.jpeg|406Catholic faithfuls gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral react to the news of a new Pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in New York. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/B3aD6.St.138.jpeg|525Florencia Silva, left, from Peru, and Valentina Brunner, right, from Chile, listen to a cellphone live broadcast of the announcement of a new Pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, as the Catholic faithfull gather at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Argentine Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope Wednesday and chose the papal name Francis, becoming first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/1nZCMJ.St.138.jpeg|406People hold an Argentine flag and sing outside the Metropolitan Cathedral to celebrate that the new pope is Jorge Bergoglio, Buenos Aires' former archbishop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named pope on Wednesday, making him the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/9g5wv.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE - BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L'Osservatore Romano). IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE.) Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/1b9key.St.138.jpeg|499Pope Francis and cardinals pray from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis was named Wednesday the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/K3LeS.St.138.jpeg|416A reader looks at the first edition of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano after the election of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/cFqQQ.St.138.jpeg|525VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/1ieeDW.St.138.jpeg|525VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/1mfHTH.St.138.jpeg|416VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People process from the Vatican after newly elected Pope Francis I appeared on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/6fnNp.St.138.jpeg|525VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's successor, the 266th Pontiff, has been selected by the College of Cardinals in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/1avYlj.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People stand in St. Peter's Square as they listen to newly elected pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will take the name Pope Francis, on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/Oov0w.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People stand in St. Peter's Square as they listen to newly elected Pope Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will take the name Pope Francis on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/6cZ89.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: An Argentinian woman screams in St. Peter's Square as she listens to the announcement that the newly elected Pope will be Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will take the name Pope Francis on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/1qinVf.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: People stand in St. Peter's Square as they listen to newly elected pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will take the name Pope Francis, on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/33/CTABe.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Argentinian women scream in St. Peter's Square as they listen to the announcement that the newly elected Pope will be Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, who will take the name Pope Francis on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/1oxy8C.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/1qcbeU.St.138.jpeg|437VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: A nun reacts as newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/NGuHy.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE - BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L'Osservatore Romano). IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE.) Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/13Mxmw.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE - BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L'Osservatore Romano). IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE.) Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/Ngnqn.St.138.jpeg|415VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 13: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE - BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L'Osservatore Romano). IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE.) Newly elected Pope Francis I appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/11vNY5.St.138.jpeg|525In this Dec. 12, 1935 photo courtesy of Sergio Rubin, Italian citizens Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Bergoglio, the parents of Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, pose for their wedding portrait in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, making him the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/37/RAq51.St.138.jpeg|525In this undated picture released by journalist Sergio Rubin, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, second from left in back row, poses for a picture with his family in an unknown location. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Top row from left to right, his brother Alberto Horacio, Bergoglio, his brother Oscar Adrian and his sister Marta Regina. Bottom row from left to right, his sister Maria Elena, his mother Regina Maria Sivori and his father Mario Jose Bergoglio. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin, ho)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/34/pXixj.St.138.jpeg|415In this 2009 photo courtesy of Sergio Rubin, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio talks with a man as he rides the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio, named pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, was known for taking the subway and mingling with the poor of Buenos Aires while archbishop and became the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/17nE3p.St.138.jpeg|461In this undated photo courtesy of Sergio Rubin, family members of Argentine Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio pose for a portrait in an unknown location. Bergoglio's uncle Oscar Adrian Sivori, stands top left, mother Maria Regina Sivori stands top center, aunt Catalina Ester Sivori stands top right, uncle Vicente Francisco Sivori sits bottom left, grandfather Francisco Sivori Sturla sits second from left, grandmother Maria Gogna de Sivori, sitting second from right, and uncle Luis Juan Sivori, pose for a family portrait in an unknown location. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, making him the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/32/1lXID3.St.138.jpeg|525In this undated photo courtesy of Sergio Rubin, Mario Jose Bergoglio, center, the father of Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, not in picture, poses for a portrait with his father Juan Bergoglio, left, and his mother Magarita Vasallo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, making him the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/13/19/41/JUU8L.St.138.jpeg|394This early 1950's picture released by journalist Sergio Rubin, shows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, posing with unidentified schoolmates of a preparatory school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cardinal Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sergio Rubin, ho)
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