Cardinal Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis

Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope March 13, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE PHOTO, START SLIDESHOW.

Enlarge Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio during their 2007 meeting at the Vatican.... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio touches a baby after a 2011 Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, gives the holy communion to Argentina's former army chief Roberto Bendini in 2009 in Buenos Aires,... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Worshipers pack the Metropolitan Cathedral during the evening Mass on March 13 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge A Catholic nun sings as people gather outside the Metropolitan Cathedral on March 13 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge People wave Argentine flags and sing outside the Metropolitan Cathedral on March 13 to celebrate that the new pope is ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Family members of Argentine pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio pose for a portrait in an unknown location. Bergoglio's uncle Oscar Adrian ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Crowds cheer after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announces the newly elected Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis waves the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on March 13 at the Vatican. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Florencia Silva, left, from Peru, and Valentina Brunner, right, from Chile, listen to a cellphone live broadcast of the announcement ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio celebrating a 2005 Mass in honor of late Pope John Paul II, pictured at top, at ... ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside San Cayetano church in 2009 in Buenos Aires. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires kisses the hand of late Pope John Paul II during a ceremony at the Vatican. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis waves to the crowd. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis blesses the crowd. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Then priest Jorge Mario Bergoglio, actual Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, posse for a picture IN 1973. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis blesses the crowd. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis waves to the crowd. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Enlarge Pope Francis, center in white, talks to the crowd, flanked by cardinals including Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, right, Giovanni Battista Re,... ASSOCIATED PRESS