Tread carefully Sirius, religion and politics don't mix. The Mail ought to know better as well.

Probably true that religion and politics don't mix, but they do keep getting mixed up. Heads of most religions cannot out of politics and politicians either embrace religion wholeheartedly of reject it.

And the press keeps turning the handle, seems like the Guardian has stepped in already.

Pope Francis: questions remain over his role during Argentina's dictatorship

Jorge Bergoglio was head of the Jesuit order in the 1970s when the church backed military government and called for patriotism

Really? you sure about that? Check history out, you'll be surprised!

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Tread carefully Sirius, religion and politics don't mix. The Mail ought to know better as well.

Oh dear, 1st day in the job & causing controversy already....

New pope says British are usurpers

Care to shut him up Del-boy?

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May God bless and guide our new Pope into a better future for the church.
Amen.

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Can the first pontiff born outside Europe for 1,300 years clean up his troubled church? Argentinian Pope, 76, is named Francis I

Electors sent up white smoke at 6pm GMT indicating that a new Pope had been chosen after two days of voting
New Pontiff unveiled as Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, taking title Pope Francis I
Pope Francis appeared before thriving crowds on the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at 7:15pm GMT
He is the first non-European Pope and also the first Jesuit Pope having spent his life in Argentinian capital
Criminal complaint was filed against him 2005 accusing cardinal of conspiring with the Argentinian junta in 1976
Son of a railway worker who only has one lung and speaks Italian, Spanish and German
Vatican said he took the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi because he is a 'lover of the poor'
Barack Obama described him as a 'champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among us'

Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected the Catholic Church's Pope, taking the name Francis.

Appearing on a balcony over St Peter's Square in Rome, he asked the faithful to pray for him, with cheers erupting as he gave a blessing.

The 76-year-old from Buenos Aires is the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be pontiff.

Messages of goodwill have poured in from around the world. The Pope's inaugural Mass will be next Tuesday.



I wish him the best!