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Argentine Catholics Flock to Mass to Honor New Argentine Pope

Description:Argentine Catholics flooded to mass on Sunday to celebrate newly-elected Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. Parishioners packed the cathedral in Buenos Aires, waving papal flags and carrying photos of Francis, who was announced as Pope on Wednesday. He was formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio. Francis is Latin America's first pontiff, breaking some 1,300 years of European papacies. (0:56)

Source: Reuters

Tags: reuters , cardinal , Emil Paul Tscherrig , jorge bergoglio