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Bishop Murphy: Pope Francis has 'openness to people'

Originally published: March 13, 2013 4:27 PM
Updated: March 13, 2013 9:56 PM
By ANN GIVENS  ann.givens@newsday.com

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected

Photo credit: AP | Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected pope of the Catholic Church. (March 13, 2013)

The spiritual leader of Long Island's 1.4 million Catholics Wednesday called Pope Francis "a good priest and a very holy man who exudes a kind of openness to people."

Bishop William Murphy said he believes he met Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio only once, in passing, on a trip to Buenos Aires about 10 years ago.

Murphy, speaking at St. Agnes Cathedral Parish Center in Rockville Centre,...

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