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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural Mass with cardinals, inside the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Argentinians celebrate Francis as their ‘Slum Pope’

By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery … Read More

In this Dec. 12, 2008 photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, shakes hands with Buenos Aires' Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio in Lujan, Argentina. Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, was chosen as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/DyN)

Pope Francis, Argentina’s President Kirchner have a history of contentious battles

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When the momentous news of a new pope rang through the Vatican, scores of notable figures took to Twitter and the media to congratulate Pope Francis on the … Read More

In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, greets faithful outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, Bergoglio was elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

10 things being said about the Pope

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In the hours following Jorge Mario Bergoglio's  selection as the first Latin American pope, we've picked up the essentials about the Argentine: where he's … Read More