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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now pope Francis, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17th,1936. At 76 he has a vast pastoral experience.
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Bergoglio has Italian roots. He studied and graduated as Chemical Engineer, but he discovered his real calling and enter the Villa Devoto seminar.
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In 1969 he became a priest, and the same year he traveled to Spain to complete his third course of 'probandato' which prepares young priests, at University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid.
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It seems that Bergoglio was destined to be the pontiff, when in 2005 he was second in the voting during the conclave where Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the first Latinamerican pope. His predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI were born in Poland and Germany respectively.
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Bergoglio is the first pope that was formed religiously under the Jesuit order.
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Pope Francis has expressed his affiliation for soccer club San Lorenzo which was founded by father Lorenzo Massa in 1908, and who chose the blue and red colors inspired by the robe of the Virgin.
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Bergoglio has been known throughout the years for being austere, timid and away from public appearances in media. However, he has not doubted to make very important decisions.
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When Jorge Mario Bergoglio lived in Buenos Aires he used to take the bus and the subway like any other citizen, doing the same during his trips to Rome.
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Pope Francis has been accused of collaborating with the military dictatorship in Argentina, because during his time as a parish priest, he fired 2 priests that sympathized with the liberationist theology who were later kidnapped.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now pope Francis, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17th,1936. At 76 he has a vast pastoral experience.
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