The Diocese of Bismarck has around three dozen members on their way to Philadelphia to witness the historical first visit of Pope Francis to the United States.
Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected as pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church. Bergoglio, who has taken the name Francis I, is also the first Jesuit priest to become pope.
Wednesday morning's vote at the papal conclave at the Vatican led to black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney, meaning no new pope after the cardinals' second vote.
Dennis Rodman has an ambitious agenda planned for his time in Vatican city: riding around in the Popemobile, creating peace deals with the newly elected pontiff and, you know, just basically being Dennis Rodman.