Editing 2013 (section)

===March===
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Jorge Mario Bergoglio of [[Argentina]] is [[Papal conclave, 2013|elected]] the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the [[papal name|name]] [[Pope Francis|Francis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|publisher=BBC|title=Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected Pope Francis|date=March 13, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916140850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|title=Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis|last1=Pullella|first1=Philip|date=March 14, 2013|work=Reuters|last2=Moody|first2=Barry|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202002516/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130314|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|title=New pope chosen: Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio who becomes Pope Francis|last=Hahn|first=Phil|date=March 13, 2013|publisher=[[CTV News]]|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=March 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/new-pope-chosen-argentinian-jorge-mario-bergoglio-1.1193437|url-status=live}}</ref> and becomes the first [[Jesuit]] pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal|title=Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal|last=Bell|first=Caleb|date=March 20, 2013|publisher=[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church USA]]|access-date=July 24, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015843/http://www.pcusa.org/news/2013/3/20/why-first-jesuit-pope-big-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Central African Republic]] President [[François Bozizé]] flees to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], after [[Séléka|rebel forces]] [[Central African Republic Civil War#Fall of Bangui|capture]] the nation's capital, [[Bangui]].<ref name=BBC24march>{{cite news|title=Central African Republic: Rebels 'take palace as Bozize flees'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|publisher=BBC|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627113933/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21915901|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AJE CAR">{{Cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|title=CAR rebels 'seize' presidential palace|date=March 24, 2013|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=March 26, 2013|archive-date=March 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324125650/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/201332481729584103.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The European Union [[2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis|agrees to a €10&nbsp;billion economic bailout]] for [[Cyprus]]. The bailout loan will be equally split between the [[European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism]], the [[European Financial Stability Facility]], and the [[International Monetary Fund]]. The deal precipitates a [[2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis|banking crisis]] in the island nation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|title=Eurozone and IMF agree 10bn-euro Cyprus bailout deal|date=March 17, 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082147/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21797888|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eurogroup bailout package agreement on 25 March">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403142434/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/136487.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-03 |url-status=live|title=Eurogroup Statement on Cyprus|publisher=[[Eurogroup]]|date=March 25, 2013}}</ref>