New pope's selection brings hope to Catholic church
Photo credit: Getty Images | Newly elected Pope Francis appears on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (March 13, 2013)
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Pope Francis didn't wear the traditional ermine mozzetta -- a red cape -- when he stepped to the balcony Wednesday.
Instead, he stood above hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square -- and millions and millions more Roman Catholics scattered in all four corners of the Earth -- in a simple white cassock.
Francis, the first pope from the Americas, made a point of asking for...
