US 'spied on future Pope Francis during Vatican conclave'

By Nick Squires
Updated October 31 2013 - 5:13pm, first published 12:45pm

The American spy agency monitored telephone calls made to and from the clerical residence in Rome where then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio stayed during this year's conclave, the secret election at which cardinals chose him as pontiff.

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