When asked if there should be gay priests, Pope Francis replied: If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? Pope John Paul II appointed Bergoglio the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998.

[5] He is also the first pope in more than a millennium who is not European. He emphasized that, in the meantime, the rule must be strictly followed, and any priest who cannot obey it "has to leave the ministry.

First, he grew up in the enchanting, almost magical realm created by his charismatic Italian grandmother, Rosa.

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (Latin: Franciscus, Italian: Francesco, Spanish: Francisco; born on 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church.He was elected on 13 March 2013.

He said that many of those in Western Catholicism who are pushing for more discussion about the issue do so from a position of "pragmatism", based on a loss of manpower. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). He is an active member of San Lorenzo de Almagro, which is one of the teams in the Primera División league. Copyright © 2016 by Mark K. Shiver.

In the mid-1980's, he began work on a doctoral degree at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt, Germany. The newspaper's editor, who is not a Catholic, wrote back with a list of questions. During the 2001 Consistory, Pope named Bergoglio as a Cardinal. WOLF PUPS Toddler Program

[26], In 2015, Pope Francis released a progressive rock album titled Wake Up!. In a speech on 20 March, Pope Francis said that some people do not follow any religion, but still search "for truth, goodness and beauty." This meant the Pope was saying atheists could be allies of the Catholic Church, instead of enemies. "He Roots for ‘the Saints,’ on the Soccer Field and Off,". The book is a record of conversations he had with a Buenos Aires rabbi. Random House. Pope Francis supports the Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are immoral. Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina, Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, "Pope Francis: "Miserando atque eligendo"...", https://web.archive.org/web/20130705010045/http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/03/18/pope_francis_%3A_miserando_atque_eligendo.../en1-674605, "Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new pope,", http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/13/jorge-mario-bergoglio-pope-poverty, http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/299168/news/world/jorge-mario-bergoglio-77-of-argentina-is-pope-francis-i, http://www.news.va/en/news/habemus-papam-cardinal-bergolio-elected-pope, http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/03/13/the_story_of_saint_francis...._/en1-673110, "It's Pope Francis I: First non-European elected to lead Catholic Church for 1,000 years,", "Cardinal Walter Kasper Says Pope Francis Will Bring New Life To Vatican II", http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/cardinal-walter-kasper-says-pope-francis-will-bring-new-life-to-vatican-ii_n_3076386.html?utm_hp_ref=pope-francis, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/popebio-article-1.1287994, https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/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-8533450.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/europe/pope-francis-urges-more-interreligious-dialogue.html?_r=0, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530044.500-pope-to-make-moral-case-for-action-on-climate-change.html, "Pope rallies bishops to press climate call before Paris meet", https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/pope-rallies-bishops-to-press-climate-call-before-paris-meet/2015/10/19/50b19d02-7656-11e5-a5e2-40d6b2ad18dd_story.html, "Deze domeinnaam is geregistreerd door een klant van Yourhosting.nl", http://nieuwsupdates.com/2013/03/13/habemus-papam-hervormingsgezinde-latinopaus-gekozen/, http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/biography/documents/papa-francesco-biografia-bergoglio.html, "Jesuit Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected pope, takes name Francis I", http://www.jesuit.org/2013/03/13/jesuit-argentine-cardinal-jesuit-bergoglio-elected-pope-takes-name-francis-i/, https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/03/13/cardinal-bergoglio-profile/, "New pope a soccer fan with common touch,", "The Surprise Pope: Humble and Ascetic with a Murky Past,", "Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, which is located in Frankfurt", http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/299168/news/world/jorge-mario-bergoglio-77-of-argentina-is-pope-francis, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/world/europe/with-blessing-pope-shows-an-openness-to-other-faiths.html, "Pope Electors Are Sizing Up a Field of Peers,", "Pope Francis Challenges Congress to Heal World’s ‘Open Wounds’", https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/us/pope-francis-congress-speech.html?_r=0, "What does Pope Francis's taste in art, music and film say about him?

The letter said that atheists would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences and did what they thought was right. [9][10][11] He has expressed concern about the effects of global warming (climate change). They also think that Catholic officials reacted by taking a less harsh tone in later debates on social issues such as parental surrogacy.[39][40]. [23], Personally, Pope Francis likes to read books by authors such as Friedrich Hölderlin, Jorge Luis Borges or Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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. He called it a "real and dire anthropological throwback."

The book is a record of conversations he had with a Buenos Aires rabbi. Who knew in 2013, he would become the first non-European pope in over 1,000 years. He is the first pope ever to come from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use Privacy Policy. He is also the first pope in more than a millennium who is not European. Excerpted from Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis by Mark K. Shriver, published by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. This page was last changed on 15 September 2020, at 18:50. Pope Francis Global Academy strives to achieve best practices from the beginning of your child’s student life. I first felt it at that park in Flores, but I experienced it again and again as I moved through his world. At that time, Bergoglio was against this legislation.