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Less than 24-hours after he was greeted by over a hundred thousand people at Vatican City and the tens of millions watching on television sets around the world, the new head of the Catholic church Pope Francis I quietly left the Vatican to pray privately at one of Rome's renowned basilicas.
Along with his name, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio will be giving up his humble apartment in Buenos Aires for St. Peter's Basilica and title of Pope Francis I. But is he the leader the church desperately needs.
The conclave is over, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina is now Pope Francis I.
The conclave to elect a new Pope as head of the Catholic Church is underway at Vatican City. Over 1.2 billion of the faithful are now awaiting to hear the decision of the 115 cardinals who will cast their ballots during deliberations at the Sistine Chapel.
The first day of the conclave to elect the next pope of the Catholic Church is set to begin Tuesday, and the secretive selection process has led church officials to take some extreme measures to keep intruders out of the closed door sessions at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.