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Pope Francis flanked by Monsignor Guido Marini, master of liturgical ceremonies, waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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FILE - This Jan. 13, 2007 file photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, then Pope Benedict XVI, left, shakes hands with the archbishop of Buenos Aires Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during their meeting at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, was elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho, files)
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People gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, as the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church continued the conclave to choose a new pope. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning Roman Catholic cardinals have not elected a pope in their second or third rounds of balloting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinals voted twice Wednesday in Michelangelo's famed frescoed chapel after a first vote Tuesday in a conclave to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, who stunned the Catholic world last month by becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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** File ** Parents bring their children to school as others protest outside Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles Feb. 6, 2012.
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** FILE ** White smoke billows from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on April 19, 2005, to announce the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany as Pope Benedict XVI. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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The princes of the Roman Catholic Church, including Cardinals Roger Mahony (left) and Timothy Dolan (third from left) of the United States, arrive for a meeting at the Vatican on Monday, March 11, 2013. The cardinals gathered for their final day of talks before the conclave to elect the next pope amid debate over whether the church needs a manager pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful and make Catholicism relevant again. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
