INQUIRER.net: Vatican crowd shares Argentina’s joy at new pope

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Vatican crowd shares Argentina's joy at new pope Mar 14th 2013, 00:41 VATICAN CITY - Tens of thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Wednesday joined Argentina in celebrating Latin America's first pope -- Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- with many hoping he will revolutionize the Roman Catholic Church. The newly elected Pope Francis was met with a roar from an ecstatic crowd as he appeared in his papal whites for the first time on a balcony high on the basilica's facade. The bespectacled 76-year-old stood as if humbled by the wild applause as some in the crowd wept with joy. After waiting in the rain for hours, people cheered wildly when white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney a few minutes after 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), signalling a new... Keep on reading: Vatican crowd shares Argentina’s joy at new pope Media files: pope-vatican-crowd.jpg (image/jpeg)

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