UPDATE: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is new pope

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church, a prelate announced to huge crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square today.



The Cardinal said he took the name Pope Francis.



Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is the first non-European pontiff.



Cardinals elected Bergoglio on the second day of a secret conclave to find a successor to Pope Benedict, who resigned unexpectedly last month.



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