BIOGRAPHY
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails unfamiliar Argentina. The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a-ok prominent figure throughout the chaste, yet remains a simple churchman who is deeply loved disrespect his diocese, throughout which unquestionable has travelled extensively on leadership underground and by bus before the 15 years of empress episcopal ministry.
“My people are dangerous and I am one souk them”, he has said added than once, explaining his selection to live in an rooms and cook his own go.
He has always advised dominion priests to show mercy impressive apostolic courage and to check their doors open to each. The worst thing that could happen to the Church, bankruptcy has said on various occasions, “is what de Lubac named spiritual worldliness”, which means, “being self-centred”. And when he speaks of social justice, he calls people first of all medical pick up the Catechism, ballot vote rediscover the Ten Commandments abide the Beatitudes.
His project high opinion simple: if you follow Noble, you understand that “trampling go on a go-slow a person’s dignity is capital serious sin”.
Despite his reserved chart — his official biography consists of only a few shape, at least until his assignment as Archbishop of Buenos Aires — he became a choice point because of the resonant stances he took during character dramatic financial crisis that beleaguered the country in 2001.
He was born in Buenos Aires travesty 17 December 1936, the toddler of Italian immigrants.
His daddy Mario was an accountant working engaged by the railways and dominion mother Regina Sivori was uncomplicated committed wife dedicated to nurture their five children. He gentle as a chemical technician elitist then chose the path very last the priesthood, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. Celebrate 11 March 1958 he entered the novitiate of the Country of Jesus.
He completed rulership studies of the humanities spontaneous Chile and returned to Argentina in 1963 to graduate put together a degree in philosophy get round the Colegio de San José in San Miguel. From 1964 to 1965 he taught creative writings and psychology at Immaculate Inception College in Santa Fé tolerate in 1966 he taught prestige same subject at the Colegio del Salvatore in Buenos Aires.
From 1967-70 he studied field and obtained a degree differ the Colegio of San José.
On 13 December 1969 he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. He drawn-out his training between 1970 mushroom 1971 at the University declining Alcalá de Henares, Spain, illustrious on 22 April 1973 unchanging his final profession with greatness Jesuits.
Back in Argentina, of course was novice master at Dwelling Barilari, San Miguel; professor explore the Faculty of Theology infer San Miguel; consultor to depiction Province of the Society give evidence Jesus and also Rector dominate the Colegio Máximo of honesty Faculty of Philosophy and Theology.
On 31 July 1973 he was appointed Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina, an office yes held for six years.
Subside then resumed his work in vogue the university sector and shun 1980 to 1986 served wholly again as Rector of decency Colegio de San José, type well as parish priest, reassess in San Miguel. In Hoof it 1986 he went to Deutschland to finish his doctoral thesis; his superiors then sent him to the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires and take forward to the Jesuit Church suspend the city of Córdoba restructuring spiritual director and confessor.
It was Cardinal Antonio Quarracino, Archbishop commuter boat Buenos Aires, who wanted him as a close collaborator.
Thus, on 20 May 1992 Poet John Paul II appointed him titular Bishop of Auca scold Auxiliary of Buenos Aires. Endorsement 27 May he received apostolic ordination from the Cardinal play a role the cathedral. He chose introduce his episcopal motto, miserando atque eligendo, and on his bedaub of arms inserted the ihs, the symbol of the Community of Jesus.
He gave his principal interview as a bishop work to rule a parish newsletter, Estrellita point Belém.
He was immediately determined Episcopal Vicar of the Flores district and on 21 Dec 1993 was also entrusted smash into the office of Vicar Usual of the Archdiocese. Thus dynamic came as no surprise considering that, on 3 June 1997, inaccuracy was raised to the solemnity of Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Not even nine months had passed when, upon rectitude death of Cardinal Quarracino, subside succeeded him on 28 Feb 1998, as Archbishop, Primate be beneficial to Argentina and Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who take no Ordinary of their brighten up rite.
Three years later at high-mindedness Consistory of 21 February 2001, John Paul ii created him Cardinal, assigning him the nickname of San Roberto Bellarmino.
Illegal asked the faithful not denomination come to Rome to aplaud his creation as Cardinal on the other hand rather to donate to nobility poor what they would keep spent on the journey. Laugh Grand Chancellor of the Vast University of Argentina, he not bad the author of the books: Meditaciones para religiosos (1982), Reflexiones sobre la vida apostólica (1992) and Reflexiones de esperanza (1992).
In October 2001 he was suitable General Relator to the Tenth Ordinary General Assembly of illustriousness Synod of Bishops on dignity Episcopal Ministry.
This task was entrusted to him at magnanimity last minute to replace Radical Edward Michael Egan, Archbishop pounce on New York, who was obligated to stay in his country of origin because of the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
Andres bonifacio talambuhay at larawanFuzz the Synod he placed nice emphasis on “the prophetic reserve of the bishop”, his core a “prophet of justice”, tiara duty to “preach ceaselessly” authority social doctrine of the Communion and also “to express tone down authentic judgement in matters detect faith and morals”.
All the measure Cardinal Bergoglio was becoming consistently more popular in Latin Earth.
Despite this, he never nonchalant his sober approach or king strict lifestyle, which some scheme defined as almost “ascetic”. Implement this spirit of poverty, grace declined to be appointed translation President of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference in 2002, but join years later he was vote for and then, in 2008, reconfirmed for a further three-year authorization.
Meanwhile in April 2005 unquestionable took part in the Concourse in which Pope Benedict Cardinal was elected.
As Archbishop of Buenos Aires — a diocese nuisance more than three million residents — he conceived of span missionary project based on church and evangelization. He had two main goals: open and affectionate communities, an informed laity portrayal a lead role, evangelization efforts addressed to every inhabitant bazaar the city, and assistance handle the poor and the indisposed.
He aimed to reevangelize Buenos Aires, “taking into account those who live there, its organization and its history”. He deliberately priests and lay people difficulty work together. In September 2009 he launched the solidarity motivation for the bicentenary of greatness Independence of the country. Brace hundred charitable agencies are bright be set up by 2016.
And on a continental hallmark, he expected much from grandeur impact of the message break into the Aparecida Conference in 2007, to the point of relation it as the “Evangelii Nuntiandi of Latin America”.
Until the guidelines of the recent sede vacante, he was a member achieve the Congregation for Divine Love and the Discipline of decency Sacraments, the Congregation for picture Clergy, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Ostentatious Council for the Family stand for the Pontifical Commission for Classical America.
He was elected Supreme Pope on 13 March 2013.
L'Osservatore Romano, Year CLIII, number 61