Cardinals Select Bergoglio of Argentina as New Pope

Catholics are in cloud nine for a white smoke puffed from the chimney of Sistine Chapel which indicates nothing but the election of the new pope. An hour later, the new pope who is the 266th in Catholic Church pontiff history was revealed to be Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina.

He is the first South American to ever lead the church and also the first non-European pope in a thousand years. The new pope will be called ' Francis I ' and is expected to bring a powerful future for the church. When Francis I spoke to the people from the balcony on St. Peter's Basilica his first few words as the new pontiff were "I would like to thank you for your embrace,". “My brother cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am.”

The day ended with the pope saying goodnight and have a good rest in Italian making people cheer and wave their flags and umbrellas. This is such a relief to the people who waited long and got even soaked in the rain as they waited for a puff of white smoke from the chimney. And to the rest of the world who was waiting for the predecessor of Benedict XVI to be announced. There are a lot of hopefuls for Tagle to be the new pope just because he's the youngest among the bunch but Bergoglio who is from South American is believed by many to be the future of the Church.

Along with the responsibilities of the new pope, Francis I will inherit certain issues against the Church about sexual abuse. As much as we don't want to sound racist, the reason why the new pope was from the South is that most of these issues came from the Northern Hemisphere. It has been a month since Pope Benedict the XVI resigned and we now have a new pope who will hopefull end issues, change the image of the Catholic church and lift people's hearts through the message of God. Chos!