The Daily Numbers (Pope Edition): 1
, as in Pope Francis the first
pope from the new world.
pontiff in the Catholic church.
years old, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina.
ballots, how many votes the conclave of cardinals held before reaching consensus.
percent of the world’s Catholics live in Latin America.
percent of the population in Brazil that is Catholic, actually down from 74 percent.
percent of Argentines who say they attend Mass regularly on Sunday.
billion Roman Catholics in the world.
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“It’s a huge gift for all of Latin America. We waited 20 centuries.”
- Jose Antonio Cruz, a Fransican friar, on learning of election of first pope from the Americas.