The universe has been re-balanced, its yin and yang restored. Having lost one election this week, by a margin that would have been suspect in most countries on earth, Argentina has now won another, by fewer votes, but to greater effect. March 13, 2013 was a day of firsts. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, and the first Latin American Pope. A contender after John Paul II's death in 2005, many thought he was too told, at 76, to ascend Peter's throne this time round. Bergoglio was not technically an outsider, if only because there were no real insiders, but he is nonetheless a surprising choice. The 266th pope was born in Buenos Aires. Originally intent on becoming a chemist, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1958, and began studying for the priesthood, to which he was ordained in 1969. Having studied in Germany and in South America, as well as being of Italian descent, he knows, and to some extent unites, Old and New worlds.
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