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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/32/1lXUSC.St.138.jpeg|416People hold candles as they gather outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/32/NGChg.St.138.jpeg|440In this picture taken Aug. 7, 2009, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, gives the holy communion to Argentina's former army chief Roberto Bendini in Buenos in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires' Archbishop and 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. Bendini was charged in 2008 by a federal court with misdirecting army funds to a private bank account before assuming his position as army chief in 2003. (AP Photo/ DyN)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/32/13MHob.St.138.jpeg|416A worshipper prays at St. Ignatius Cathedral on Thursday March 14, 2013 in Shanghai, China. Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/32/NguW3.St.138.jpeg|371Miami's Archbishop Thomas Wenski discusses the election of a new pope during a Wednesday, March 13, 2012 press conference. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope and chose the name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/32/11vX7c.St.138.jpeg|416Visitors walk at St. Ignatius Cathedral where an image of Pope John Paul II sits on display on Thursday March 14, 2013 in Shanghai, China. Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/27/1clEaK.St.138.jpeg|371Miami's Archbishop Thomas Wenski discusses the election of a new pope during a Wednesday, March 13, 2012 press conference. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope and chose the name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/27/NKt1y.St.138.jpeg|440In this picture taken Aug. 7, 2009, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, gives the holy communion to Argentina's former army chief Roberto Bendini in Buenos in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires' Archbishop and 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. Bendini was charged in 2008 by a federal court with misdirecting army funds to a private bank account before assuming his position as army chief in 2003.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/14/10/27/jcdRw.St.138.jpeg|416People hold candles as they gather outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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