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 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""