Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as Pope Francis' successor, several said, and speeches by individual clerics in meetings this week may be decisive.

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pope.

Louis Tauran announces the newly elected Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Pope Francis, elected on March 13, 2013, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church from the central balcony of St.