Biography of pope francis 2013 special events
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BIOGRAPHY
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina. The year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of his episcopal ministry.
“My people are poor and I am one of them”, he has said more than once, explaining his decision to live in an apartment and cook his own supper. He has always advised his priests to show mercy and apostolic courage and to keep their doors open to everyone. The worst thing that could happen to the Church, he has said on various occasions, “is what de Lubac called spiritual worldliness”, which means, “being self-centred”. And when he speaks of social justice, he calls people first of all to pick up the Catechism, to rediscover the Ten Commandments and the B
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Pope Francis
Head of the Catholic Church since
Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[b] 17 December ) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century papacy of the Syrian pope Gregory III.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor before training to become a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe case of pneumonia and cysts, he was inspired to join the Jesuits in He was ordained a Catholic priest in ; from to , he was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in and was created a cardinal in by Pope John Paul II. He led the Argentine C
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Pope Francis 19 March — 19 March
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On 19 March, , the Solemnity of St namn, Pope Francis celebrated Mass inaugurating his pontificate. Since then, the 81 year old pontiff has certainly left his mark on the Church. The statistics put tillsammans by the Holy See’s Press Office (see below) give us but an outline of Pope Francis’ papacy.
In the footsteps of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
Pope Francis has demonstrated that he fryst vatten continuing in the footsteps of both John Paul II and Benedict XVI. The themes of both synods – the Family and ung people – were very dear to John Paul II. And both Encyclicals have connections with Benedict XVI. The first, Lumen Fidei,is based on a manuscript begun by Pope Benedict and concludes his Encyclicals on Faith, Hope and Charity. The second, Laudato Si’,not only cites Pope Benedict numerous times, but also treats a recurring theme from Pope Benedict’s pontificate.
Pope Francis' Signature
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