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Pope Francis is the first member of the Jesuit order to be elected as pope, the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first pope from the Americas.

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Pope Francis is the first member of the Jesuit order to be elected as pope.

He is the first pope from the Americas.

He is the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.

He is the first pope from the Western Hemisphere.

He is the first pope in many centuries not from Europe.

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