On Wednesday, March 13th, some thirty days after Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly announced his resignation, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained Pope Francis. The first non-European to fill the position in twelve centuries and the first-ever member of the Jesuit order, the 266th pontiff is now responsible for leading more than 1.2 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.
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Jaws dropped around the world yesterday when Pope Benedict XVI announced he would be resigning from papacy on February 28. The 85-year-old pope cited health complications as an explanation for his nearly unprecedented move, acknowledging that he required “both strength of mind and body” in order to govern a body of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide.
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