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  <p>Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. We asked Long Islanders what they were looking for in a new pope. Tell us what you think Pope Francis should do at <a href="http://opinion.newsday.com/letters/?p=110">Take the Podium </a> or by <a href="http://www.newsday.com/opinion/what-do-you-think-pope-francis-should-do-1.4810024">sending us a video response.</a></p> 
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   <p>New pope not just first from outside Europe, also first Jesuit. European history marches on...</p>— Alexander DePalma (@AP_Euro_DePalma) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP_Euro_DePalma/status/311956642914770944">March 13, 2013</a>
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Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. We asked Long Islanders what they were looking for in a new pope. Tell us what you think Pope Francis should do at Take the Podium or by sending us a video response. HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM — Pontifex (@Pontifex) March 13, 2013 New pope not just first from outside Europe, also first Jesuit. European history marches on... — Alexander DePalma (@AP_Euro_DePalma) March 13, 2013

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