Pope Francis will be officially installed as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church on March 19, the Vatican said.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi also told a news conference that Francis had telephoned Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI shortly after his election, adding that he would visit him soon.

 

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