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Jorge Mario Bergoglio attends his first Mass with cardinals as Pope Francis in the Sistine Chapel on March 14, 2013 in Vatican City. (credit: Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty Images)

Pope Francis Previously Accused Of Involvement In Kidnappings Of 2 Argentine Priests In 1976

As the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics continue to celebrate the election of Pope Franics I, questions about his past in Argentina are beginning to bubble up.

2013/03/15

White House Source: VP Biden To Lead US Delegation For New Pope In Rome

Vice President Joe Biden will lead the U.S. delegation to newly elected Pope Francis’ installation in Rome.

2013/03/13

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn arrives for a meeting of pre-conclave on March 9, 2013 at the Vatican. (credit: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mom of Pope Candidate: My Son Won’t ‘Be Up to the Bitchiness in the Vatican’

As the cardinals enter the conclave to elect a new pope, the mother of one cardinal hopes he won’t be the new leader of the Vatican.

2013/03/12

ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: A helicopter carrying Pope Benedict XVI passes St Peter's Basilica as he leaves Vatican City on February 28, 2013 in Rome, Italy. The Pontiff is flying to Castel Gandolfo where he will cease to be Pope at 8:00pm local time. Pope Benedict XVI has been the leader of the Catholic Church for eight years and is the first Pope to retire since 1415. He will stay at the Papal Summer residence of Castel Gandolfo until renovations are complete at a monastery in the grounds of the Vatican and will be known as Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus. (Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Pope Leaves Vatican For Last Time As Leader Of Catholic Church

Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican as the leader of the Catholic Church for the last time.

2013/02/28

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on Feb. 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict to Receive $3,500 Per Month Pension

Pope Benedict XVI won’t have to worry about finding another job.

2013/02/20

Pope Benedict XVI attends a meeting with parish priests of Rome's diocese at the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 14, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope: I Will Be ‘Hidden To The World’

Pope Benedict XVI tells Rome’s parish priests that he will be living in an isolated world once he steps down later this month.

2013/02/14

This file picture taken on July 4, 2010 shows Pope Benedict XVI looking on as he seats near the relics of one of his predecessors, St Celestine V, during a Holy mass on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Celestine V's birth in central Garibaldi square in Sulmona. (credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)

Analysts: ‘Slim’ Possibility American Will Become Next Pope

With Pope Benedict XVI announcing he will step down as pontiff on Feb. 28, is it possible that an American can run the Vatican?

2013/02/11

New Archbishop Jose Gomez poses for photos with nuns from the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of L.A. outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Feb. 27, 2011 in Los Angeles, Calif. (credit: Wally Skalij - Pool/Getty Images)

Largest American Nun Group Calls Stinging Vatican Report ‘Flawed’

The largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns on Friday broke weeks of near-silence on a stinging Vatican report that they had undermined Roman Catholic teaching, saying the inquiry was “flawed” and based on “unsubstantiated accusations” that were causing pain throughout the church.

2012/06/02

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan of the U.S. waves to his parents gathered in in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican for a private audience by Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 20, 2012. (credit: ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)

Analysts: ‘Slim’ Possibility American Could Become Next Pope

With rumors swirling about the health of 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI – he has recently been using a cane to get around — questions have sprung up about his future after comments he made in his homily during mass Monday.

2012/04/17