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After Catholicism Reached South America, It Took 520 Years for a South ... While Catholicism has claimed South America to be under its domain officially since 1493, no South American has ascended to the papacy before today. 1493 was the year that Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus reached the continent on a ...

After Catholicism Reached South America, It Took 520 Years for a ... Today's election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy is notable for two big reasons: he's the first non-European, and the first ordained member of the ...