His Holiness Pope Francis | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
![]() Pope Francis in 2023 | |
Diocese | Rome |
See | Holy See |
Papacy began | 13 March 2013 |
Predecessor | Benedict XVI |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 December 1969 by Ramón José Castellano |
Consecration | 27 June 1992 by Antonio Quarracino |
Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 by John Paul II |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 17 December 1936
Nationality | Argentine (with Vatican citizenship) |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Residence | Domus Sanctae Marthae |
Parents | Mario José Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori |
Previous post | Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina (1973–1979) Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1997) Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997) Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998–2013) Cardinal Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013) Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (1998–2013) President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (2005–2011) |
Motto | Miserando atque eligendo[a] |
Signature | ![]() |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Papal styles of Pope Francis | |
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Reference style | His Holiness |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (Latin: Franciscus, Italian: Francesco, Spanish: Francisco; born on 17 December 1936) is the 266th[2][3] and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 13 March 2013. He chose the name Francis to honor St. Francis of Assisi.[4][5][6][7]
Francis is the first Jesuit pope.[6] He is also the first pope in more than a millennium who is not European.[8] He is the first pope ever to come from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.[9]
From 1998 until he was elected as the pope, Francis was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Throughout his life, both as an individual and a religious leader, he has been known for his humility, his concern for the poor, and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths.[10][11][12] He has expressed concern about the effects of global warming (climate change).[13][14] In his 2015 encyclical Laudato si' , he wrote about these issues, and others.
Since his election to the papacy, he has shown a simpler and less formal approach to the office, choosing to live in the Vatican guesthouse and not the papal residence.
Pope Francis encourages bishops from around the world to sign an appeal to world leaders, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris next month, for crucial climate change talks. In a major teaching document in June, the encyclical Laudato Si' (Latin: Praised be), Francis denounced what he called the "structurally perverse" fossil fuel-based world economy that exploits the poor and destroys the habitability of the Earth for humans.
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