Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was revealed Wednesday to be the new leader of the Catholic Church. He has taken the papal name of Francis I
Bergoglio, 76, is a Jesuit and the first pope from South America. He also has an active Facebook presence with 40,000 subscribers — a number that's sure to rise in the coming hours
Merely three hours before being publicly revealed as pope, he posted this message:
Mixed reports indicted that Bergoglio is also on Twitter, though a Twitter employee later said the account being discussed — which is not verified — is apparently a parody or tribute account:
New Pope Francis I Has 40,000 Facebook Subscribers
Alex Fitzpatrick
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:46:26 GMT
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