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1 day ago · Jorge Mario Bergoglio (right) taking Buenos Aires public transit to a celebration of the traditional Te Deum mass at the city's Metropolitan Cathedral, May 2008. Though Bergoglio was made archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and consecrated a cardinal in 2001, he maintained a reputation for humility.
Apr 20, 2021 · Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio, the first pope from the Americas, took his papal...
Learn about the life and ministry of Pope Francis, the first Pope of the Americas and a Jesuit from Argentina. He was born in 1936, ordained a priest in 1969, and became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998.
Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires. His father was a railway worker who immigrated to Argentina from Italy, and his mother was a housewife of Italian...
Oct 28, 2022 · Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a relative outsider when he was chosen to succeed Benedict XVI in 2013. Pope Francis, as he became, is the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to lead...
May 19, 2024 · Prayer has been at the center of the pope's life since he was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, in 1936, into a family of Italian immigrants.
Learn about Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas and the first to take the name of Francis. Find his biography, coat of arms, motto, encyclicals, apostolic exhortations and quotes on various topics.
