Papal renunciation Western Schism in 1415 and the first to do so on his own initiative since Celestine V in 1294. His action was unexpected, given that the modern era popes have held the position from election until death. He said he was motivated by 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, who took the name "Francis". Before setting out for Paris to crown Napoleon in 1804, Pope Pius VII (1800–1823) signed a document of renunciation to take effect if he
Jorge Ramos (news anchor) Jorge Ramos (news anchor) Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos (; born March 16, 1958) is a Mexican-born American journalist and author. Regarded as the best-known Spanish-language news anchor in the United States of America, he has been referred to as "The Walter Cronkite of Latin America". Currently based in Miami, Florida, he anchors the Univision news television program "Noticiero Univision", the Univision Sunday-morning political news program "Al Punto", and the Fusion TV English-language program "America with Jorge Ramos". He has covered five wars, and events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Afghanistan. Ramos has won