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He’s from Argentina, he’s a Jesuit, and he’s already gotten guff for opposing same-sex marriage. Eliza Shapiro on what we know about the new Pope Francis.

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Dear God, there’s a new pope in town: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, who will now be known as Pope Francis.

So, what do we know about this guy? Bergoglio, who will be the first Jesuit, first Latin American, and first Francis to be pontiff, was...

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