Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the new Pope, who chose the name Pope Francis (Reuters)Vatican City (Reuters)-the conclave chose Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Argentina become the 188th 266 to replace the Pope Benedict XVI. He later chose the name Francis.
The following 13 facts about Francis, Pope Pope comes from the South American region.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, was born on December 17, 1936. He was a Cardinal, Argentina has served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. The conclave held in the Sistine Chapel, Friday (13/3).
Pope Francis during Cardinals, live in small flats, prefers to take the bus if traveling and only have one lung, as quoted from pages of the Guardian.
Is known about Francis Pope:
-He prefers traveling aboard public buses
-He has to live with one lung for over 50 years
-It line of Italy, the son of a railroad worker
-He is a chemical engineer
-He was elected the first Pope who is not from Europe in the modern era
-He opposed the practice homoseksuan although still accept the use of condoms with consideration of "justifiable" as far as to prevent infectious diseases
The year 2011, he never washed and kissed the feet of people with AIDS in a hospital
-He is fluent speak the language of Italy, Spain and Germany language language
-Until now he lives in a small flat, far from the residence for the Bishop
-He once said would not go to Rome, but rather gives his fare for the poor
-He was the runner-up of the 2005 conclave
-He was the author of the book in Spain entitled "Sobre el Cielo y la Tierra" (About Heaven and Earth)
-He conservators related problems such as the doctrine of the Church. He criticized the Catholic priest who refused to baptise the babies born from the "single mother"
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