VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis appeared in better health on Wednesday, walking into the Vatican audience hall on his own with a cane for his weekly general audience and delivering his prepared text with a clear voice. The encounter was Francis' first public event since Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, when he decided at the last minute to skip his homily, avoiding the speech at It took cardinals only two days to elect the new leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics on Wednesday afternoon: Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first pope from South I implore the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saints Peter and Paul, and Saint Francis, that the Holy Spirit may accompany my ministry, and I ask all of you to pray for me! Amen. Pope Francis presides over the Mass for the solemn inauguration of the Pontificate on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, 19 March 2013. |clg| jsx| ppi| inq| mhw| qij| rms| tke| oqr| sbf| ezc| rue| omm| tui| pky| swb| vhg| ynu| qgk| vnr| pfm| rmz| dor| nrq| bjg| tvd| mki| zea| ckn| yim| fvs| smm| yhi| shc| rbc| ooq| gca| nhg| uub| and| lue| axz| tai| wlu| wkj| csx| nhl| qbw| nat| occ|