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March 15, 2013

Latino Catholics filled with hopes for new pope

A woman holding holy cards reacts after the election of a new pope outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 13. The world's cardinals, meeting in conclave at the Vatican, elected as pope Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buen os Aires, who took the name Francis. The 76-year-old Jesuit is the first Latin American pope.

WASHINGTON - Three hours had passed since the Vatican announced the first Latin American pope, but the gathering of mostly immigrants from Central and South America couldn't stop smiling and couldn't stop building a mountain of hopes pegged to the papal election of Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Published in International