FILE - In this April 18, 2005 file photo, Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 18, 2005, as the cardinals who will elect a new Pope made their last public appearance before sequestering themselves inside the Sistine Chapel later in the day. After the resign of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, Cardinal Bergoglio allegedly is among the contenders to be the pope's successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, file)
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