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His Holiness Pope Francis | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rome | |
.jpg) 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 | 17 December 1936 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 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.
- ↑ Scarisbrick, Veronica (18 March 2013). "Pope Francis: "Miserando atque eligendo"..." Vatican Radio. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new pope," Archived 2015-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Reuters, 13 March 2013; "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ Rice-Oxley, Mark (13 March 2013). "Pope Francis: the humble pontiff with practical approach to poverty". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Pope Francis explains decision to take St Francis of Assisi's name". The Guardian. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ↑ "Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 77, of Argentina is Pope Francis I". GMA News. Reuters. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Habemus Papam! Cardinal Bergolio Elected Pope - Fracis I". Vatican News Agency. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "The Story of Saint Francis..." Vatican Radio.
- ↑ Cockerton, Paul. "It's Pope Francis I: First non-European elected to lead Catholic Church for 1,000 years," The Mirror (UK). 13 March 2013; retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Cardinal Walter Kasper Says Pope Francis Will Bring New Life To Vatican II". Huffingtonpost.com. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Feiden, Douglas (13 March 2013). "Pope Francis, the new leader of the Catholic Church, praised by many for practicing what he preaches, his humble nature and his empathy for the poor". New York Daily News. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ Vallely, Paul (14 March 2013). "Pope Francis profile: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a humble man who moved out of a palace into an apartment, cooks his own meals and travels by bus". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Pope Appeals for More Interreligious Dialogue". 22 March 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Pope to make moral case for action on climate change". New Scientist. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Pope rallies bishops to press climate call before Paris meet". Washington Post. Associated Press. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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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