- Title: ARGENTINA: Argentine Catholics flock to mass to honour new Argentine pope
- Date: 17th March 2013
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MARCH 17, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BUENOS AIRES CATHEDRAL AND PARISHIONERS ARRIVING ARGENTINE FLAG AND PAPAL FLAG VARIOUS OF PROCESSIONAL INTO MASS PARISHIONERS WATCHING CHOIR SINGING VARIOUS OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO ARGENTINA, ARCHBISHOP EMIL PAUL TSCHERRIG, WAVING INCENSE WOMAN CARRYING PAPAL FLAG THAT SAYS: "POPE FRANCIS" TSCHERRIG DURING HOMILY (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO ARGENTINA, ARCHBISHOP EMIL PAUL TSCHERRIG, SAYING: "Today, dear brothers, we promise to continue praying for our Pope Francis and accompanying him in the difficult mission that the Lord has trusted him with, with our love and friendship. We also send to Rome our profound gratitude for all the good that has been done for the Argentine Church, for its pastoral charity, for its leadership and for the example of its life." VARIOUS OF PARISHIONERS APPLAUDING WAVING FLAGS THAT SHOW POPE'S FACE VARIOUS GENERAL VIEWS OF BUENOS AIRES CATHEDRAL TSCHERRIG HANDING OUT EUCHARIST VARIOUS OF WOMAN CARRYING PHOTO OF POPE FRANCIS VARIOUS OF MASS ENDING VARIOUS OF PARISHIONERS APPLAUDING VARIOUS OF TSCHERRIG LEAVING VARIOUS OF PARISHIONERS OUTSIDE CATHEDRAL LOOKING AT BIG SCREEN RE-RUNNING PAPAL MASS FROM THE MORNING
- Embargoed: 1st April 2013 13:00
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- Location: Argentina
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Religion
- Reuters ID: LVA3WZDVX2OEK2ZET8WFPV9LMR2M
- Story Text: Argentine Catholics flooded to mass on Sunday (March 17) to celebrate newly-elected Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine.
Parishioners packed the cathedral in Buenos Aires, waving papal flags and carrying photos of Francis, who was announced as Pope on Wednesday (March 13). He was formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.
Francis is Latin America's first pontiff, breaking some 1,300 years of European papacies.
Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, celebrated the mass and asked Argentines to pray for Pope Francis.
"Today, dear brothers, we promise to continue praying for our Pope Francis and accompanying him in the difficult mission that the Lord has trusted him with, with our love and friendship. We also send to Rome our profound gratitude for all the good that has been done for the Argentine Church, for its pastoral charity, for its leadership and for the example of its life," he said.
Sunday's mass initiates three days of prayer in Argentina to honor the pope. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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