Argentinian Pope, Bergoglio 76, is named New Francis I

AFRIK UPDATE

The Argentine son of an Italian railway worker was chosen as the 266th pontiff on the fifth ballot of the conclave of cardinals last night, with the Sistine Chapel's symbolic white smoke revealing the decision. 

 
Tens of thousands of Catholics flocked to the Vatican City last night to witness Jorge Mario Bergoglio's unveiling as Pope Francis I - the Church's first ever leader born outside Europe.

·  Electors sent up white smoke at 6pm GMT indicating that a new Pope had been chosen after two days of voting

·  New Pontiff unveiled as Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, taking title Pope Francis I

·  Pope Francis appeared before thriving crowds on the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at 7:15pm GMT

·  He is the first non-European Pope and also the first Jesuit Pope having spent his life in Argentinian capital

·  Criminal complaint was filed against him 2005 accusing cardinal of conspiring with the Argentinian junta in 1976

·  Son of a railway worker who only has one lung and speaks Italian, Spanish and German 

·  Vatican said he took the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi because he is a 'lover of the poor'

·  Barack Obama described him as a 'champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among us'