A New Pope Chosen

Image source: Washington Post

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, a new Pope was chosen to succeed Pope Benedict XVI who served from 2005 to 2013.Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina is the first Pope from Latin America and will be named Pope Francis.

With the continuing development of information sources, this historic event in choosing a new head of the Roman Catholic Church is being covered in a number of resources. Twitter and news blogs, as well as websites from news sources are breaking the news, while traditional library materials like books and journals, provide concrete facts and background.

• Follow #pope on Twitter
• Read about the Papacy from Credo Reference's online e-book New Catholic Encyclopedia
• This Just In news blog from CNN
• View the event in images from the BBC
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: US Catholics on a new Pope

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