ROME
Boston Globe
By David Filipov, Globe Staff
ROME — Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley today said he was looking forward to returning to Boston, expressing what sounded like relief that he had not been chosen pope even as he reflected on his satisfaction in having taken part in the conclave that elected Pope Francis.
“I never imagined as a child that someday I would be part of a conclave,’’ said O’Malley, who was named cardinal in 2006 and took over as leader of the Boston archdiocese in 2003.
He described the quiet humility and disarmingly approachable personality of the new pope, a native of Argentina whose given name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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