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Quick Facts

NamePope Francis

OccupationPope

Birth DateDecember 17,1936(age 78)

!ucation"o#egio O$ %an &os',Diocesan %eminar O$ i##a De*oto

P#ace o$ BirthBuenos +ires,+rgentina

++&orge Bergog#ioPope Francis

Pope Francis -Fu## Name

&orge .ario Bergog#io/o!iac %ign

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church inMarch 2013, becoming ope !rancis" #e is the $rst pope from the %mericas"&'nopsis

Born in Buenos +ires, +rgentina, on December 17, 1936, &orge .ario Bergog#io became Pope

Francis on .arch 13, 013, 2hen he 2as name! the 066th pope o$ the oman "atho#ic "hurch4Bergog#io, the $irst pope $rom the +mericas, too5 his papa# tit#e a$ter %t4 Francis o$ +ssisi o$-ta#4 Prior to his e#ection as pope, Bergog#io ser*e! as archbishop o$ Buenos +ires $rom 1998 to013 (succee!ing +ntonio uarracino), as car!ina# o$ the oman "atho#ic "hurch o$ +rgentina$rom 01 to 013, an! as presi!ent o$ the Bishops "on$erence o$ +rgentina $rom 0 to 0114Pope Francis ma!e his $irst internationa# *isit in &u# 013, tra*e#ing to Brai#4 -n December013, Pope Francis 2as a#so name! Person o$ the :ear b Timemagaine4 ;o !ate, his tenure hasbeen characterie! b humi#it an! outspo5en support o$ the 2or#!s poor an! margina#ie!peop#e, an! he has been in*o#*e! acti*e# in areas o$ po#itica# !ip#omac an! en*ironmenta#a!*ocac4

(arl' )ife and (ducation&orge .ario Bergog#io 2as born in Buenos +ires, +rgentina, on December 17, 1936, to -ta#ianimmigrants4 +s a oung man, Bergog#io un!er2ent surger to remo*e part o$ one o$ his #ungs!ue to serious in$ection4


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Bergog#io taught #iterature an! pscho#og at -mmacu#ate "onception "o##ege in %anta F' in196= an! 196, an! a#so taught the same sub>ects at the "o#egio !e# %a#*atore in Buenos +ires in19664


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+$ter the resu#ts o$ the 013 papa# conc#a*e 2ere announce!, G4%4 Presi!ent Barac5 Obamaissue! a statement about the ne2 popeH +s the $irst pope $rom the +mericas, his se#ection a#sospea5s to the strength an! *ita#it o$ a region that is increasing# shaping our 2or#!, an!a#ongsi!e mi##ions o$ o o$ thishistoric !a4

-t 2as not #ong a$ter assuming the papac that Pope Francis began o$$ering more nuance! *ie2san! interpretations on 5e socia# issues about 2hich the church ho#!s pronounce! !octrina#*ie2s4 u!geKL, a comment he ma!e re$erring to homoseAua#it, ha*e ser*e! to portra him as acompassionate conser*ati*e 2hose *ie2s are o$ten consi!ere! progressi*e compare! to those o$his pre!ecessors4

!irst *nternational +isit as ope

Pope Francis ma!e his $irst internationa# *isit on &u# 00, 013, 2hen he arri*e! at the ?a#eMo@

+ntonio "ar#os &obim -nternationa# +irport in io !e &aneiro, Brai#4 ;here, he 2as greete! bBrai#ian Presi!ent Di#ma ousse$$ in a 2e#come ceremon an! #ater circu#ate! in !o2nto2nio in or!er to be c#ose to the peop#e4

Jhi#e in io, Pope Francis 2as on han! to ce#ebrate Jor#! :outh Da4 .ore than three mi##ionpeop#e atten!e! the ponti$$s c#osing mass at the e*ent4 On his 2a bac5 to ome, Pope Francissurprise! reporters tra*e#ing 2ith him regar!ing his seeming# open stance on ga "atho#ics4+ccor!ing to The New York Times, he to#! the pressH -$ someone is ga an! he searches $or the
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or! an! has goo! 2i##, 2ho am - to >u!geK oin him in praing $or peace in %ria4 ;heponti$$ he#! a specia# *igi# in %t4 Peters %Euare on %eptember 7, 2hich 2as atten!e! b anestimate! 1, peop#e4 +ccor!ing to the "atho#ic Ne2s %er*ice, Francis to#! the cro2! thatJhen man thin5s on# o$ himse#$4 4 4an! permits himse#$ to be capti*ate! b the i!o#s o$!ominion an! po2er4 4 4 , then the !oor opens to *io#ence, in!i$$erence, an! con$#ict4

;he pope imp#ore! those in*o#*e! in the con$#ict to $in! a peace$u# so#ution4 ea*e behin! these#$@interest that har!ens our heart, o*ercome the in!i$$erence that ma5es our heart insensiti*eto2ar!s others, conEuer our !ea!# reasoning, an! open ourse#$ to !ia#ogue an!reconci#iation4

ater that month, Pope Francis ga*e a re*ea#ing inter*ie2 to an -ta#ian &esuit pub#icationca##e!La Civilt Cattolica4


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out to "atho#ics aroun! the 2or#!4 During that summer, Pope Francis 2ent on his $irst *isit to+sia4


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-n &une 01, Pope Francis spo5e out about the en*ironment4

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