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14/03/2013
Official biography of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ, published on the occasion of the Conclave by the Holy See Press Office with the information provided by the cardinals themselves.
14/03/2013
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ has been elected as Supreme Pontiff and has chosen the name Francis. He is the first Latin American Pope, the first Jesuit Pope, and the first “Francis” in the pontificate.
14/03/2013
The announcement that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina has been elected the 266th pope for the Roman Catholic Church has been welcomed by the National Council of Churches in Australia.
14/03/2013
Statement from President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart on election of Pope Francis.
14/03/2013
Catholic News Service, 13 March: Argentine Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio, 76, has been elected the 266th pope, taking the name Francis.
13/03/2013
Blue Mountains Gazette news report on the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta’s proposed residential project at Springwood.
13/03/2013
An app that sends a text message or email when white smoke rises from the Vatican has inspired the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Communications office to develop aussiepopealarm.com.
13/03/2013
Vatican Information Service: 12 March - At 7:42pm, black smoke rose from the chimney installed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalling that the Cardinal electors have not elected a new Pope in the first ballot of the Conclave.
12/03/2013
Caritas Australia CEO Jack de Groot has shared his analysis on the front runners in the Papal election with ABC News 24.
11/03/2013
Three local Catholics at St Patrick’s Blacktown and St Andrew the Apostle Marayong Parishes have featured in SBS TV News segment on the next Pope.