Newsday's coverage of the new pope -- today, and through the years
Pope Paul VI in 1963; Pope John Paul I in 1978; Pope John Paul II in 1978. Credit: AP
Jorge Bergoglio claimed the title of Pope Francis in Vatican City Wednesday, becoming the Church's 266th pontiff.
Newsday, which first hit the stands in 1940, has been around to cover the elections of six new popes.
Check out the paper's front pages from those historic days below.
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