New Pope! New Pope!
Following the rather unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (and the puff of white smoke), the Roman Catholic Church now has a new pope to lead her into more and more challenges posed by time and increasingly secular communities. May the Lord guide him, Pope Francis I (named after St. Francis of Assisi), 266th successor of the chair of St. Peter, pastor of the Church.
Here's a brief background on Pope Francis quoted from The Divine Mercy (a facebook page)..
Here is a biography of the new Bishop of Rome and our new pope! Pope Francis
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite.
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires. He was ordained for the Jesuits on 13
December 1969 during his theological studies at the Theological Faculty of San Miguel.
He was novice master in San Miguel, where he also taught theology. He was Provincial for Argentina (1973-1979) and rector of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel (1980-1986). After completing his doctoral dissertation in Germany, he served as a confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba.
On 20 May 1992 he was appointed titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary of Buenos Aires, receiving episcopal consecration on 27 June. On 3 June 1997 was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires and succeeded Cardinal Antonio Quarracino on 28 February 1998. He is also Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite.
Adjunct Relator General of the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, October 2001.
He served as President of the Bishops' Conference of Argentina from 8 November 2005 until 8 November 2011.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by the Bl. John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001, of the Title of S. Roberto Bellarmino (St. Robert Bellarmine).
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