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Catholics Overjoyed at First Latin American Pope The Bradford (Pa.) Era, Thursday, March 14, 2013 — 11 Philly archbishop: Pope from ‘heartland’ of church PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Roman from Philadelphia, said he was surprised the Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia said new pope wasn’t from Italy but hoped it was a Wednesday the new pope is a man of “extraor- sign of bigger changes to come. dinary intellectual and cultural strengths” who “I hope he follows the path of his namesake,” he comes from the “new heartland of the global said, referring to St. Francis of Assisi, whose teach- church,” and others around the state also had ings focus on respecting nature and living simply. praise for the newly elected pontiff. Nicholas P. Cafardi, a former dean of the Archbishop Charles Chaput issued a state- Duquesne University law school, said he’s excited ment asking the faithful to pray for Pope Francis, by some of the new pope’s previous writings. the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of “What I’m reading are really great, great Argentina. Chaput said he first met Francis in statements,” Cafardi said, such as a comment 1997 at the Synod for America in Rome and the on vanity and careerism within the church. “It’s prelate gave him a portrait of Mary, the mother very earthy.” of Jesus, which he still keeps on his desk. Chaput Bishop David A. Zubik of the Pittsburgh Diocese called Francis a “wonderful choice.” said the new pope “brings with him the experience Outside the Cathedral Basilica of Saints of a dedicated pastor who has served the Church so Peter and Paul, Don Connors, a Roman Catholic well in his many years of ordained ministry.” AP Photo Paola La Rocca celebrates after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan ‘Bucket List Bandit’ pleads Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as Pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday. Bergoglio is the first pope ever from the guilty Wednesday to bank heists Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. PITTSBURGH (AP) — A to the Arkansas border. When “Bucket List Bandit.” The FBI man nicknamed the “Bucket List the FBI warrant for the Erie picked up the moniker and used Bandit” after he allegedly told a heist showed up on a comput- it to publicize the subsequent Catholics overjoyed at Utah bank teller that he had just er search, Brewster was jailed robberies, until they learned four months to live pleaded guilty there until he could be brought Brewster’s true identity. Wednesday to that robbery and 10 back to Pennsylvania, where That happened when a tip- first Latin American pope other heists in nine other states. federal prosecutors took over ster saw news coverage of the Michael Eugene Brewster, for- the nationwide investigation. Pennsylvania heist and called to BUENOS AIRES, Argentina merly of Pensacola, Fla., faces a According to court docu- give agents Brewster’s name and (AP) — Tears and cheers Pope Francis: Simple image, complex past likely sentence of between 10 and ments, Brewster stole a total birth date. The FBI filed a crimi- erupted across Latin America VATICAN CITY (AP) — On the streets in Buenos Aires, 14 years in federal prison when of $33,858 in the robberies, nal complaint for the Erie heist on Wednesday as an Argentine he returns for sentencing Aug. though an amount wasn’t listed after the teller picked his mug shot the stories about the cardinal who would become the first pope cardinal became the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary backdrop: The 12, according to a plea agreement for his fifth robbery, a July 20 out of a photo lineup, and agents from the hemisphere, and many outlined Wednesday before U.S. heist at the Bank of America in began investigating Brewster’s city bus during rush hour. expressed hope that he could help Tales are traded about chatting with Archbishop Jorge District Judge Sean McLaughlin Winston-Salem, N.C. involvement in the other robber- bring the church closer to the in Erie. The least Brewster stole was ies based on surveillance video Bergoglio as he squeezed in with others for the commute to poverty-wracked region that is work. They sometimes talk about church affairs. Other times it Brewster pleaded guilty to the $632 from Landmark Bank in and other similarities. home to more Roman Catholics Sept. 10 Huntingdon National Columbia, Mo., on Aug 29, and In each robbery, Brewster could be about what he planned to cook for dinner in the simple than any other. downtown apartment he chose over an opulent church estate. Bank Heist in that northwestern the most he netted was $7,000 handed a teller a note and claimed Drivers honked horns on the Pennsylvania city and a string of taken from the Wells Fargo Bank to have a gun, though he never Or perhaps it was a mention of his affection for the tango, streets of Argentina’s capital and which the he said he loved as a youth despite having one lung 10 prior robberies which began in Roy, Utah, on July 6 — the displayed one. In some cases, television announcers screamed June 21 in Arvada, Colo. fourth robbery in the string, dur- Brewster explained his actions removed following an infection. with elation at the news that Brewster has been jailed ing which he made the remark by claiming to be terminally ill On the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica just after a rain shower the cardinal they knew as Jorge since his arrest Sept. 13 in to the teller which prompted the and, according to the FBI, spe- Wednesday — wearing unadorned white robes — the new Pope Mario Bergoglio had become Roland, Okla., after he ran a Standard-Examiner of Ogden, cifically told the Utah teller, “I Francis also appeared to strike the same tone of simplicity and Pope Francis. stop sign near a casino close Utah to nickname him the have four months to live.” pastoral humility for a church desperate to move past the tarnished People jammed the era of abuse scandals and internal Vatican upheavals. Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos While the new pontiff is not without some political baggage Aires for a Mass for the new pope, — including questions over his role during a military dictator- Seven Democrats, one Republican and priests said they hadn’t seen ship in Argentina in the 1970s — the selection of the 76-year-old such a big crowd in decades. Bergoglio reflected a series of history-making decisions by fel- running for Pittsburgh mayor “Francisco! Francisco!” the low cardinals who seemed determined to offer a suggestion of faithful screamed. Outside, a renewal to a church under pressures on many fronts. PITTSBURGH (AP) mayoral races in recent decades. the mayoral limelight. thousand people sang and “He is a real voice for the voiceless and vulnerable,” said Kim — Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s decision to leave The mayor has denied an ongo- waved Vatican and Argentine Daniels, director of Catholic Voices USA, a pro-church group. Ravenstahl’s decision not to office has created perhaps the ing FBI probe into city police flags as well as banners with the “That is the message.” run for re-election has spurred most wide-open mayoral race finances hastened his departure, image of the Virgin of Lujan, seven fellow Democrats and since 1989 when Sophie Masloff which was announced just days the patron saint of Argentina. America. We waited 20 centu- exchanging high-fives with one Republican to file peti- — who, like Ravenstahl, first after he asked for the resigna- “I’m old, it’s difficult to move ries. It was worth the wait,” said church secretary Antonia Veloz. tions to appear on the May inherited the office when the tion of police chief Nate Harper. around, but today I had to come,” Jose Antonio Cruz, a Franciscan Bergoglio’s former spokesman, primary ballot. incumbent died — defeated four But Ravenstahl said dealing with said Nelida Bedino, an 85-year- friar at the church of St. Francis Guillermo Marco, told Argentina’s City Councilman Bill Peduto Democrat challengers. speculation that he’ll be criminal- old retiree. “As a Catholic and of Assisi in the colonial Old San TN television station that the and former council president Ravenstahl, now just 33, ly implicated had taken its toll. an Argentine, I thank God for Juan district in Puerto Rico. new 76-year-old pope — who is and state Auditor General Jack became the youngest mayor “I’ve done nothing wrong and giving me life to be a witness to “Everyone from Canada also the first from the Jesuit order Wagner are among the Democrat of a major U.S. city — and that will be proven over time,” this event.” down to Patagonia is going — “has enormous pastoral experi- petitioners. They spent Tuesday’s Pittsburgh’s youngest-ever Ravenstahl said. “It’s a huge gift for all of Latin to feel blessed,” he said after ence” with a humble bearing. filing deadline trading barbs and mayor by far — because he threatening legal action over was City Council president whether it’s legal for Wagner to when Mayor Bob O’Connor use his $300,000 auditor gener- died of brain cancer in 2006. al’s campaign war chest to run Masloff, by contrast, was 70 for mayor. when she held the same position The other Democrats are city at the time of Mayor Richard Controller Michael Lamb, state Caliguiri’s death in May 1988. Sen. Jim Ferlo, state Rep. Jake Ravenstahl won a special elec- Wheatley, City Council President tion in 2007 to finish O’Connor’s Darlene Harris and a man identi- term — after Peduto aborted fied only as A.J.
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