[154] During his first appearance as pontiff on the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, he wore a white cassock, not the red, ermine-trimmed mozzetta[154][155] used by previous popes. One line in the prayer had been recited for generations in English as "lead us not into temptation," but the Pope said that was "not a good translation," pointing out the French Catholic translation, "do not let us fall into temptation" as a more appropriate alternative. He said: "While we venerate the martyrs of Otranto, ask God to support the many Christians who still suffer from violence and give them the courage and fate and respond to evil with goodness. [291][292] The statement was also interpreted as supportive of LGBT adoption.[4][5][293]. De Argentijn is de eerste jezuïet die paus werd, de eerste uit Latijns-Amerika en van het zuidelijk halfrond. [53], In 2000, Bergoglio was the only church official to reconcile with Jerónimo Podestá, a former bishop who had been suspended as a priest after opposing the Argentine Revolution military dictatorship in 1972. [171] On 6 April he named José Rodríguez Carballo as secretary for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, a position that had been vacant for several months. He is the first pope from the Americas. [185][186] However, in April 2015 the investigation was brought to a close. "[97] Artist and human rights activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said: "Perhaps he didn't have the courage of other priests, but he never collaborated with the dictatorship. [68], Bergoglio made it his custom to celebrate the Holy Thursday ritual washing of feet in places such as jails, hospitals, retirement homes or slums. The texts of the encyclical Laudato si' and Evangelii gaudium were used. [7] He was the eldest[9] of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). It is from this proposition that the moral consequences then flow.". [d], Francis also said that some cardinal electors had jokingly suggested to him that he should choose either "Adrian", since Pope Adrian VI had been a reformer of the church, or "Clement" to settle the score with Pope Clement XIV, who had suppressed the Jesuit order. Religion News Service. Before blessing the crowd, he asked those in St. Peter's Square to pray for his predecessor, "the bishop emeritus of Rome" Pope Benedict XVI, and for himself as the new "bishop of Rome". [222], Francis presided over the first canonizations of his pontificate on 12 May 2013 in which he canonized the Martyrs of Otranto. [353] Protests against his visit resulted in an alleged arson attempt at the Dormition Abbey. Available instantly. What we have to create is a civil union law. They discussed issues of mutual concern, including how religious communities can combat human suffering in crisis regions, such as Syria, Libya, and ISIS-controlled territory. All the latest breaking news about Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Nobody mentioned him as instigator or as anything. By the time he was ordained, however, she accepted his calling and asked for his blessing at the end of his ordination ceremony. 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[249], Benedict XVI also attended the second consistory on 14 February 2015, at which Francis elevated 20 new cardinals, with 15 under the age of eighty and five over the age of eighty. Since 2018, he has been a heavily vocal opponent of neo-nationalism. [225][226], The pope approved further equipollent canonizations on 3 April 2014 for the Jesuit José de Anchieta as well as the Ursuline nun Marie of the Incarnation and bishop François de Laval. Retrieved 16 August 2013. [126], Elected at 76 years old, Francis was reported to be healthy and his doctors have said his missing lung tissue, removed in his youth, does not significantly affect his health. was released on 27 November 2015 by the label Believe Digital and contains speeches by Francis and accompanying music, including rock music. He graduated from a technical school as a chemical technician before beginning training at the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. [130] The only concern would be decreased respiratory reserve if he had a respiratory infection. https://www.biography.com/religious-figure/pope-francis. [371] The Vatican has claimed that Western news outlets often seek to portray his message with a less-doctrinal tone of papacy, in hopes of extrapolating his words to convey a more merciful and tolerant message. pp. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936[7] in Flores,[8] a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. [325] On 8 February 2019 Bishop Athanasius Schneider released a document entitled "The Gift of Filial Adoption, the Christian Faith: the only valid and the only God-willed religion". Fox News Channel. It was revealed that the priest, whose face is not visible in the photo, was Carlos Berón de Astrada. According to, This devotion has since spread to Brazil; it "attracts people with small problems. The survey found that members of the Catholic Church are deeply divided over abortion, artificial contraception, divorce, the ordination of women, and married priests. "[338] Federico Lombardi said that Francis' comments were not "a personal attack, nor an indication of who to vote for". In the same way, however, I can and must state that there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with the Father. [180], On 31 March 2013, Francis used his first Easter homily to make a plea for peace throughout the world, specifically mentioning the Middle East, Africa, and North and South Korea. ", In November 2017, Pope Francis visited Myanmar amid a humanitarian crisis that had sparked the exodus of more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims from the country. [326] After Francis's visit to Cuba in 2015, Catholic Yale historian Carlos Eire spoke of a "preferential option for the oppressors" in Latin America. [80] He limited his time in Rome to "lightning visits". On the coins it would read, "Tribute from the Argentine People to Pope Francis." 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[191][192] In the same month Francis asked parishes to provide answers to an official questionnaire[193] described as a "much broader consultation than just a survey"[194] regarding opinions among the laity. He also suffered a personal loss around that same time after several members of his family were killed in a car accident in Argentina. [152] Cardinal Christoph Schönborn later said that Bergoglio was elected following two supernatural signs, one in the conclave and hence confidential, and a Latin-American couple of friends of Schönborn who whispered Bergoglio's name in Schönborn's ear; Schönborn commented "if these people say Bergoglio, that's an indication of the Holy Spirit". L'Osservatore Romano. "[364], Francis visited Ireland in 2018, in what was the first papal tour of the country since John Paul II's historic trip in 1979. "Pope Francis, in Sweeping Encyclical, Calls for Swift Action on Climate Change". Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina (1999–2012). [169], On 16 March 2013, Francis asked all those in senior positions of the Roman Curia to provisionally continue in office. "I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security," he stated. [360], On 16 April 2016, he visited, together with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronimos II of Athens, the Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, to call the attention of the world to the refugee issue. In August 2018, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had approved a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church that now considers the death penalty "inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person." In September 2013, Pope Francis called for others to join him in praying for peace in Syria. 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