2013 papal conclave In October 2013, the Italian weekly magazine "Panorama" reported that the US National Security Agency had targeted cardinals in the conclave for surveillance, including Cardinal Bergoglio. An NSA spokesperson denied this. 2013 papal conclave The papal conclave of 2013 was convened to elect a pope to succeed Pope Benedict XVI following his resignation on 28 February 2013. After the 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered, they set 12 March 2013 as the beginning of the conclave. On the fifth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He took the pontifical name of "Francis". On 11 February
Mario Negri the helicopter got stuck and the pilot was unable to avoid the fall. Negri was traveling with his private assistant Pascual Scarpino, the News manager of Televisión Pública Argentina Jorge Neder, the pilot Máximo Rodríguez and the copilot Héctor Alberto Tessio. Scarpino, Rodríguez and Tessio died, while Negri suffered several injuries and 39 fractures, which forced him to remain in hospital for some months while being operated on a number of occasions. Neder was harmless. Mario Negri was chosen by "El Parlamentario" magazine as the most distinguished deputy of 2015 and 2017. He was chosen by other deputies, senators, journalists