Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis

Pope Francis, then known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, shows off the jersey the San Lorenzo soccer team in Buenos Aires. (Juan Ayala / AFP/Getty Images)

March 13, 2013 12:35 PM PT

Jorge Mario Bergoglio succeeds Benedict XVI as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina, will be known as Pope Francis.
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio drinks “mate,” a traditional South American infused drink, in Buenos Aires. (Javier Raul Dresco / AFP/Getty Images)

Newly elected Pope Francis I waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday in Vatican City. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the 266th pontiff and will lead the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. (Dmitry Lovetsky / Associated Press)

Pope Francis I blesses the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)

Pope Francis I waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday after his election. (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press)

The new pope, Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, appears at the window of St Peter’s Basilica’s balcony after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. (AFP/Getty Images)

Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, leaves the Synod Hall on Monday. (Ciro Fusco / EPA)

This Aug. 7, 2009, file photo shows Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio at a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- now Pope Francis I -- during a baptism ceremony in Buenos Aires. (Damian Dopacio / AFP/Getty Images)

Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires in 2009. (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, during their meeting at the Vatican in January 2007. (Anonymous / Associated Press)

The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, leads a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires last month. (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio shakes hands with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires. (AFP/Getty Images)

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in front of the Basilica of Lujan, about 45 miles from Buenos Aires. (Ricardo Casti-Eira / AFP/Getty Images)

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio attends a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in 2005. (Pier Paolo Cito / Associated Press)