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Pope appoints new Buenos Aires archbishop

March 28, 2013 08:31
Pope Francis made his first clerical appointment on Thursday, assigning the bishop of Santa Rosa in Argentina to take over his former post as archbishop of the large diocese of Buenos Aires. Archbishop Mario Poli, 65, steps into the shoes of former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the top Catholic Church figure in Argentina. Poli worked alongside Bergoglio in the Argentine capital -- which numbers 2.5 million faithful -- from 2002 to 2008, after he was appointed auxiliary bishop by Francis's predecessor Benedict XVI. The pair are said to be close.

Pope names his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires

March 28, 2013 08:00
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mario Auerlio Poli, 65, of the Argentine diocese of Santa Rosa to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires, the Vatican said on Thursday. Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, was archbishop of the Argentine capital until his election as pope on March 13. (Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Argentina city names street after Pope Francis

March 26, 2013 20:47
A street in the Argentine city of La Plata became the first to be renamed in honor of Pope Francis, local television reported here Tuesday. A section of Avenue 53 leading to La Plata's cathedral has now been renamed "Pope Francis" to mark the election to Argentine-born Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio the head of the Catholic Church on March 13.

Argentina already has a street named after Pope Francis

March 26, 2013 16:17
Buenos Aires, Mar 26 (EFE).- An avenue in the Argentine city of La Plata was christened Tuesday with the name of "Papa Francisco," or Pope Francis, in honor of the election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church. "Residents of La Plata have been moved by the historic selection of the new pope, and we're proud to pay tribute to him in this way," Mayor Pablo Bruera said in a ceremony he led together with Bishop Hector Aguer.

Pope a really thoughtful guy: Argentine merchant

March 26, 2013 14:30
Pope Francis, who's earning a reputation as a pretty regular guy as far as pontiffs go, had the courtesy to phone his newspaper vendor back home in Argentina and cancel his subscription. Kiosk owner Daniel del Regno told AFP Tuesday that when Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio left Buenos Aires for Rome in late February to get ready for the conclave gathering to pick the new pope, he said he would be back in three weeks or so.

Cuban cardinal reveals Bergoglio's remarks prior to conclave

March 26, 2013 14:01
Havana, Mar 26 (EFE).- Cuba's Catholic primate, Jaime Ortega, made public in Havana a manuscript with remarks made by Jorge Bergoglio about the mission of the church in a session before the conclave that elected him pope. The manuscript was presented "exclusively" to Cardinal Ortega by Bergoglio before the Argentine prelate became Pope Francis I, and the thinking it contains "could have guided the selection of the cardinals" on March 13, Cuban Catholic Church magazine Palabra Nueva said Tuesday.

Italian bishops thank God for wrong pope

March 25, 2013 14:18
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian bishops were so convinced that one of their own would become pope that they sent a congratulatory message to the media thanking God for the election of a prelate from Milan. The trouble was, the new pope had already been named as Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.

Pope returns to Rome hotel - to pay bill

March 25, 2013 14:15
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis returned on Thursday to the Church-run residence where he was staying before becoming pontiff, and insisted on paying the bill, despite now effectively being in charge of the business, the Vatican said. The morning after his election, Francis asked a driver to take him to the clerics' hotel, the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI, where he had stayed during the run-up to this week's secret electoral conclave.

Pope Francis meets with cardinals from the Americas

March 25, 2013 13:17
Vatican City, Mar 25 (EFE) - Pope Francis met Monday with Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz and Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Vatican said. The Brazilian cardinal is prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and the Canadian is prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Both men were considered candidates for pope in the conclave that elected Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13.

Pope's Argentine church divided by 'Dirty War'

March 22, 2013 17:02
The election of Pope Francis has prompted soul-searching in his native Argentina, where the 1970s "Dirty War" between a military junta and leftist opposition divided the local church. Defenders of Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, insist he was among those Catholic clergy who quietly resisted a brutal regime as scores of priests, nuns and others were arrested, tortured, killed and disappeared.
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