76-Year-Old Argentinian Jorge Bergoglio Emerge New Pope

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires has been announced the new pope after the symbolic white smoke bellowed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.

The 76-year-old who will take the name Pope Francis 1 becomes the first South American Pontiff and the first Jesuit to lead the Catholic Church.   His South American origin - also making him the first non-European Pope - is a significant move for the Church, taking the Papacy to a continent in which 42 per cent of the world's Catholics live amid a plethora of recent scandals affecting the Vatican. 

Known as an avid reformer, he becomes the third non-Italian Pope in a row, having being born and spent his life in the Argentinian capital.