Pope Francis was born on the 17th of December 1936. His
full name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he can speak
Spanish, Italian and German.
He was born in Buenos Aires in Argentina but his parents were
born in Italy. He has 4 brothers and sisters. His dad’s
name is Mario and he worked as a railway worker. His
mum’s name is Regina and was a housewife so she worked
at home.
When Pope Francis was a teenager he had a lung removed
because one of his lungs had an infection.
Pope Francis received master degree in Chemistry at the
University of Buenos Aires.
He also got a degree in Philosophy from the Colegio Maximo
San Jose. Pope Francis taught the some people literature
and psychology at the college in Santa Fe. He taught at
that college.
Pope Francis is the 266th Pope of the Catholic
Church. He became Pope on the 13th of
March 2013.
in 1998 he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires
(Argentina.) He was Cardinal in 2001.He was
the first pope to be from Latin American and
he is the first non-European.
He went in a seminary of Buenos Aires and was
a member of the Society of Jesus. Pope
Francis became a priest on the 13th of
December 1969. On the 27th of June 1992
he become a bishop. He lived in a small
apartment and he used public transport to
get to work.
The first words he said as a pope were
“Brothers and sisters good evening”.
Barack Obama’s statement was “As a
champion of the poor and the most
vulnerable among us he care for the
message of love and compassion that
has inspired the world for more than
2000 years than each other we see the
face of God”.