Father Sean O. Sheridan
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In 2013, following the unanticipated resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, to serve as supreme pontiff. When it became apparent that Bergoglio had received the number of votes necessary to be elected, Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes comforted Bergoglio and told him not to forget the poor.
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