The title says it all. After much waiting, white smoke has appeared from the chimney and a new Pope has been chosen. After appearing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the new Pope gave his first adress as Pope, the traditional Urbi et Orbi. Prayers were made for the Catholic Church and for ex-Pope Benedict XVI.
The new pope rises in a revolutionary time for the Church, as secularism declines in the west yet grows in other parts of the world. There are doubts about the toughness of the New Pope in the current time of turbulence within the Catholic Church and whether he'll be able to properly lead the 1.2 billion Catholics.
Oh wait, you want to know who the new Pope is? Well of course, its Pope Francis, previously known as Cardinal Jourge Mario Bergoglio of Beuno Aires.
Source:
Huffington Post
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