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A Catholic nun sings as people gather outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas.

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A Catholic nun sings as people gather outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas.