New Pope Elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina

 

 

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina was announced as the new pope Wednesday after white smoke emerged from the roof of the Sistine Chapel, and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica pealed, signalling that cardinals had chosen a new pope to lead the troubled Roman Catholic Church after only five ballots.  

 

The new pope will call himself Pope Francis I.