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 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