Text Us: #30930
Phone: (800) 616 WBEN
Business: (716) 843-0600
Send via EmailE-Mail
PrintPrint
A   A   A
White billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Argentine Cardinal Elected New Pope



Vatican City (AP) Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been 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.

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning 115 cardinals in a papal conclave have elected a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

The new pope is expected to appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica within an hour, after a church official announces "Habemus Papum" - "We have a pope" - and gives the name of the new pontiff in Latin.

The conclave was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned last month, throwing the church into turmoil and exposing deep divisions among cardinals tasked with finding a manager to clean up a corrupt Vatican bureaucracy as well as a pastor who can revive Catholicism in a time of growing secularism.

03/13/2013 2:10PM
WHITE SMOKE from Vatican: New Pope Elected
Please enter your comments below.
03/14/2013 5:18AM
Why bother?
I have to shake my head when I hear people expressing a desire for a more "progressive" (translation: liberal) pope and Catholic church. Sounds to me like the person who says, "I have a great cat! He acts just like a dog!" If those are the kinds of traits that you want in a pet, why not just get a dog? Or how about the woman who says, "I love my fiance just the way he is, but there's a few things about him I'll have to change after we're married." Again, why bother marrying him if you're going to change him? Or, "This house is perfect, we'll take it! Of course, we'll have to re-paint all the rooms, change all the carpets, put an addition on the back..." You get the idea, I'm sure. I agree with a caller to Sandy Beach's show yesterday: we can have a more progressive pope and Catholic church when the Muslims are asked to become more progressive. What other religion is asked to change its identity as much as the Catholic religion is? Can't think of one. Why bother being Catholic (or any religion)if you don't like the precepts the religion is founded on?
Title :
Comment :
Poll
How do you feel about allowing school districts a second vote on their budget plan?
  As long as it's a different plan it's ok.
  I'm ok with a 2nd vote for the same or a different plan.
  One vote and done!
 
View Results