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INSIDEu Public pension revamp clearsLegislature.

u Lawmakers approve budgetdespite governor’s veto threat.

u Legislative roundup

LEGISLATURE, A-4

PasapickStuart HorwitzThe author discusses and signs copiesof Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organizeand Revise Any Manuscript With theBook Architecture Method, 6 p.m.,Collected Works Bookstore, 202Galisteo St., 988-4226.

TodaySunny andpleasant.High 69, low 38.PAGE A-12

ObituariesLaurence “Larry” Blea, 67, March 9Kenneth (Keith) Gray, 60 March 9David Clare Kingsbury, March 10Anita Romero Jones, 82, Santa Fe, March 11Edmundo P. Lopez, 55, Las Vegas, N.M.,March 7Edward D. Maestas, 66, Ranchitos, March 12Jon Edward Molby, 52, Santa Fe, March 10Charles Wheeler, 88, March 7

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State tourneyboys scoreboardSt. Michael’s 49, Silver 37Roswell 66, Española 49Los Lunas 60, Capital 23Mesilla Valley 56, Pecos 48Sandia Prep 48, Pojoaque 39

Complete coverage of thetournament, PAGE B-1

POPE FOR ThENEW WORLDRaise

meanslittleto stateworkers

In Santa Fe, Catholics rejoice:Clergy, parishioners say pontiff andhis name are perfect fit for Church

Museum custodian SharonChrist would love to tell statelawmakers and Gov. SusanaMartinez to take their proposed8 cent-an-hour raise and shove it.But the Albuquerque woman,

who is paid $8.32 an hour by thestate Department of CulturalAffairs, really needs the money.The NewMexicoMuseumof Natural History and Sci-ence worker has been a stateemployee six years and hasreceived just one pay increase—when she was taken off herinitial probation period. Andmost years, due to insuranceand pension increases, her take-home pay— about $490 everytwo weeks— has gone down.With overtime, Christ grossed

$17,309 last year, according to thestate’s online Sunshine Portal,less than Albuquerque’s newminimumwage.“My take-home pay is less

than when I first started,” shesaid. “It used to be that workingat a museum, working for thestate, was prestigious. Now I canmake more at McDonald’s.”As of Jan. 1, with the increase

in Albuquerque’s minimumwage, most private-sector jobsin the city now pay at least$8.50 an hour. But the city ordi-nance doesn’t cover governmentworkers.Christ would be among 25,000

state employees and teacherswho would see their first salaryincrease since 2008 under a state

Hike in retirementcontributions couldnullify 1% pay boostBy Bruce KrasnowThe New Mexican

Please see RAISE, Page A-4

“ It used to bethat workingat a museum,working forthe state, wasprestigious. NowI can make moreat McDonald’s.”Sharon Christmuseum custodian whois paid $8.32 an hour

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday.Francis is the first non-European pope since the Middle Ages. DMITRY LOVETSKY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICANCITY— From“the end of the Earth,” theCatholic Church founda surprising new leader

Wednesday, a pioneer pope fromArgentina who took the name Fran-cis, a pastor rather than a manager toresurrect a church and faith in crisis.He is the first pontiff from the NewWorld and the first non-Europeansince theMiddle Ages.Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,

the archbishop of Buenos Aires whohas spent nearly his entire careerin Argentina, was a fast and fittingchoice for the most unpredictablepapal succession— start to finish—in at least six centuries.He is the first pope from the

Americas, the first Jesuit and the firstnamed Francis, after St. Francis ofAssisi, the humble friar who dedi-cated his life to helping the poor. Thelast non-European pope was Syria’sGregory III from 731-41.“You know that the work of the

conclave is to give a bishop to Rome,”the new pontiff said as he wavedshyly to the tens of thousands whobraved a cold rain in St. Peter’sSquare. “It seems as if my brothercardinals went to find him from theend of the Earth, but here we are.Thank you for the welcome.”The 76-year-old Bergoglio, said to

Simple, conservative Argentine:76-year-old devout Jesuit a fiercecritic of socially progressive trends

Santa Fe Catholics expressed joyWednesday following the announce-ment that the papal conclave hadselected a cardinal fromBuenos Aires,Argentina, as the newpope—and thathe had taken the name Francis.Local clergy and parishioners have

a deep fondness for St. Francis, andthey felt by selecting the name, Cardi-nal JorgeMario Bergoglio was send-ing Catholics worldwide a messageof humility and the need to rebuild achurch discredited by scandals.Several Catholic leaders, including

Monsignor Lambert Luna, archdioc-esan vicar general and pastor of St.Joseph on the Rio Grande, recalledthe story from Bonaventure’s Life ofFrancis, which recounts how, in 1204,the wealthy merchant’s son wentto pray at the crumbling church ofSan Damiano. Gazing at the cross,he heard a voice saying three times,

By Nicole WinfieldThe Associated Press

Pope Francis and cardinals pray from the central balcony ofSt. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday. Cardinal JorgeBergoglio, who chose the name Francis, was named the 266thpontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. LUCA BRUNO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Joy, hopein Santa Fe

People gather to pray and celebrate the new pope at the Shrineof Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

u For a video of the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi bells ringing forthe new pope, go to www.santafenewmexican.com

By Anne Constableand Chris QuintanaThe New Mexican

Please see POPE, Page A-5

Please see JOY, Page A-5