{"id":73166,"date":"2013-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2013\/03\/13\/conclave-elects-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:31","slug":"conclave-elects-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/03\/13\/conclave-elects-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclave Elects Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Francis was elected on Wednesday as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina and becomes the first Latin American pontiff. According to Pew Research Center data on the <a title=\"distribution of the world's Catholic population\" href=\"\/Christian\/Catholic\/The-Global-Catholic-Population.aspx\">distribution of the world&#8217;s Catholic population<\/a>, the largest share of the Catholic population (39%) lives in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pope-francis-graphic\" alt=\"pope-francis-graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2013\/03\/PF_13.03.12_Pope-Francis.png\" width=\"561\" height=\"1205\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Resources from the Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"\u2018Strong\u2019 Catholic Identity at a Four-Decade Low in U.S.\" href=\"\/Christian\/Catholic\/Strong-Catholic-Identity-at-a-Four-Decade-Low-in-US.aspx\">\u2018Strong\u2019 Catholic Identity at a Four-Decade Low in U.S.<\/a>\nMarch 13, 2013\nPew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"Views of the Catholic Church Today:\u00a0U.S. Catholics See Sex Abuse as the Church\u2019s Most Important Problem, Charity as Its Most Important Contribution\" href=\"\/Christian\/Catholic\/US-Catholics-See-Sex-Abuse-as-the-Churchs-Most-Important-Problem-Charity-as-Its-Most-Important-Contribution.aspx\">Views of the Catholic Church Today:\u00a0U.S. Catholics See Sex Abuse as the Church\u2019s Most Important Problem, Charity as Its Most Important Contribution<\/a>\nMarch 6, 2013\nPew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"U.S. Catholics: Key Data from Pew Research\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2013\/02\/25\/u-s-catholics-key-data-from-pew-research\/\">U.S. Catholics: Key Data from Pew Research<\/a>\nFeb. 25, 2013\nPew Research Center<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"The Global Catholic Population\" href=\"\/Christian\/Catholic\/The-Global-Catholic-Population.aspx\">The Global Catholic Population<\/a>\nFeb. 13, 2013\nPew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"Resources on Catholicism and the Pope\" href=\"\/Christian\/Catholic\/Pew-Forum-Resources-on-Catholicism-and-the-Pope.aspx\">Resources on Catholicism and the Pope<\/a>\nMarch 13, 2013\nPew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis was elected on Wednesday as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. 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