03/17/13
by WGN Web Desk
Pope Francis gave his first Sunday blessing this morning to the more than 100,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
Dozens of flags from Francis’s native Argentina were waving in the crowd.
The new pontiff delivered the Angelus prayer from the window of his papal apartment.
Pope Francis will formally be installed as the new leader of the world’s Roman Catholics Tuesday.
A U.S. delegation, led by Vice President Joe Biden, will attend the Tuesday ceremony.
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected the next pope, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announced Wednesday night from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. He is the first South American pope. Until last year, Bergoglio was the archbishop of Buenos Aires before stepping down because of his age. He is 76.
The new pontiff, the Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, is taking the name Francis.
He replaces Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in February.
WGN-TV’s Dina Bair is live with the latest from St Peter’s Square.
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1 Comment to “Pope Francis gives first Sunday blessing”
March 18, 2013 at 3:19 PM
So many leaders, kings and presidents are cominy to Rome that for security reasons the italian police is going to close all the area around the Vatican!