New Pope Praises Benedict, Asks Cardinals To Evangelize

Read more coverage around the new pope in Spanish at CNNMexico.com. Vatican City (CNN) -- Pope Francis on Thursday emphasized church advancement in his first Mass with the cardinals who elected him pontiff a day earlier. With solemnity, he

STORY: Key facts about new pope. If American Catholics are still reeling from years of sex-abuse revelations, many Argentine Catholics remain traumatized by their church's connection to an infamous military dictatorship that killed and "disappeared"

Update: Read TheBlaze's profile on the new pope -- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Pope Francis). Below, find out more about this historic papal election. VATICAN CITY (TheBlaze/AP)

"Saint Ignatius never intended for Jesuits to have positions of power, authority or influence in the Church,” Father Joseph McShane told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. “So we were always told from the day we entered there would never be a Jesuit Pope and

After only a little more than a day, a new Pope had been chosen: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. He got to pick a new name, and chose Francis, evoking the Saint of Assisi and his commitment to the poor. If that symbol