Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Ar

gentina, has been elected as the new Pope by cardinals at the Vatican this evening.

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney to confirm a new successor had been chosen to replace Pope Benedict XVI.

It has been confirmed he has chosen the name Pope Francis I. He was introduced to the world - in Latin - from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica.

Jorge
Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of an
Italian railway worker and his wife. After studying at the seminary in
Villa Devoto, he entered the Society of Jesus on March 11, 1958.
Bergoglio obtained a licentiate ...