Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI have held the position from election until death. The Pope stated that the reason for his decision was his declining health due to old age. The conclave to select his successor began on 12 March 2013 and elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who took the name of Francis. Benedict announced in February 2013 that, due to his advanced age, he would step down. At the age of 85 years and 318 days on the effective date of his retirement, he was the fourth-oldest person to hold the office of pope. He announced his intention to
Jorge Eduardo Acosta cases against him were re-opened. In August 2006, the Argentine justice decided to take the ESMA case, in which Jorge Eduardo Acosta is to be judged along with Alfredo Astiz and Adolfo Miguel Donda. He is also accused in Italy for crimes committed during the dictatorship against Italian citizens. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Argentinian court on October 26, 2011. He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by an Argentinian court on July 5, 2012 for the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners. Jorge Eduardo Acosta Jorge Eduardo Acosta (born 27 May 1941), alias ""el Tigre""