Argentines divided over new pope

The election of former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the leader the Roman Catholic Church has led to different reactions among the public in Argentina.

According to Press TV, on Wednesday, Cardinal Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina was named the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the nickname of Pope Francis I.
Many Argentines praise Francis I for his commitment to battle poverty, his conservative character and his austere way of life.
The new pope was the only Cardinal to walk through the San Pedro Square to attend the conclave that would then name him pontiff and shunned the papal limousine later.
Others Argentines, however, think the pope faces a troubled background that links the complicity of Argentina’s Catholic Church to the country’s 1976-1983 civil-military dictatorship and question the role Bergoglio played as the head of the Jesuit order in the 70s.
During the period, 30,000 people were persecuted, killed and tortured by the military.
The first non-European pope in modern times and the first Latin American pope in history has also maintained a troubled relation with the ruling Front for Victory leadership.
The new pope faces a surmounting range of problems including sex abuse allegations, squabbling within the Vatican and the threat of secularism.