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Pope Francis

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!colspan="2" style="background:#306EFF;text-align:center"|'''<big>Pope Francis I</big>'''
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|[[File:Card. Jorge Bergoglio SJ, 2008.jpg|right|200px|thumb|His Holiness, Pope Francis.]]
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|Papacy Began: 13 March 2013
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|Papacy Ended: Currently in office
Predecessor: [[Pope Benedict XVI]]
Successor: None
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|Born: 17 December 1936, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Nationality: [[Argentina|Argentine]]

Motto: ''Miserando atque eligendo''
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|Reference style: His Holiness
In person: Your Holiness

In religion: Holy Father
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His Holiness '''Pope Francis''' (formerly '''Jorge Mario Bergoglio''', born December 17, 1936, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) became the [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on March 13, 2013. Pope Francis, elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff, is the first Jesuit and the first Latin American pope; First non-European pope in 1300 years. He succeeded Pope [[Benedict XVI]], to whom he was reportedly the runner-up in the papal election of 2005. <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-bergoglio-idUSBRE92C15X20130313</ref> Archbishop Bergoglio was created a cardinal by the late [[Pope John Paul II]].

Pope Francis understands the harm posed by the [[homosexual agenda]], and has even spoken of the need to expel the "[[gay lobby]]" from the [[Vatican]].

==Policies==
Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, has been an outspoken critic of [[homosexual]] adoption of children, explaining that it is discriminatory against the children.<ref>http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/16363162/who-is-jorge-bergoglio/</ref> Pope Francis is also strongly [[pro-life]], and has referred [[abortion]] as the "culture of death."

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Among his teachings and stands, he strongly affirms church teaching on the intrinsic immorality of homosexual practices, though he teaches the importance of respecting homosexual persons. He strongly opposed legislation introduced in 2010 by the Argentine Government to give legal equivalency between true marriage and homosexual partners. <ref>[http://www.catholic.org/hf/faith/story.php?id=50111 By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM).]</ref>
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Pope Francis entered the Society of Jesus in 1958. As a [[Jesuit]], Cardinal Bergoglio rejected and opposed [[liberation theology]] in [[South America]].

The son of an Italian workman who emigrated to [[Argentina]], Cardinal Bergoglio chose to carry the name of an Italian saint, "Francis", while serving as Pope. And like his papal namesake, [[St. Francis of Assisi|St. Francis]], Cardinal Bergoglio has an ascetic and humble lifestyle.

Pope Francis has overcome a disability: as a young man, one of his lungs was removed due to illness.

His holiness remains an adamant supporter of [[Social Justice]]. His 2009 speech, titled Las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo, or The Social Debts of our Time, lays out his views on the world's inequality, between rich and poor, especially in Argentina. He further rebuked the wealthy, claming that "You ''[the wealthy]'' avoid taking into account the poor. We have no right to duck down, to lower the arms carried by those in despair. We must reclaim the memory of our country who has a mother, recover the memory of our Mother"

The Pope is the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion people - almost 17% of the Earth's population and 55% of all Christians.

==Naming conventions==
Vatican tradition holds that when a new Pope is elected and takes a name that has not been used by a prior pope, they will be referred to simply as "Pope ______", rather than "Pope ______ I" until another pope has taken the same name. In this case "Pope Francis". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-vatican-pope-francis-name-20130313,0,1309501.story</ref>

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[[File:Pope Francis march 2013 First mass.jpg]]

Pope Francis' First Mass.
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==Scientific Views==

Pope Francis recently declared [[evolution]] and [[Big Bang theory]] are right and God isn't 'a magician with a magic wand'.

Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope made comments which experts said put an end to the “pseudo theories” of [[creationism]] and [[intelligent design]] that some argue were encouraged by his predecessor, Benedict XVI.[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-declares-evolution-and-big-bang-theory-are-right-and-god-isnt-a-magician-with-a-magic-wand-9822514.html]

==See also==
*[[Holy Week]]
*[[Jesus Christ]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.catholic.org/hf/faith/story.php?id=50111 NEW POPE: Who is this man named Bergoglio?]
*[http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/world/pope-name/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Pope Francis' name choice 'precedent shattering'.]
*[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/will-pope-francis-challenge-muslim-persecution-of-christians/ Will Pope Francis Challenge Muslim Persecution of Christians?]

== References ==

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[[Category:Current Heads of State]]
[[Category:Catholic Church]]

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