51 Facts About Papa Francisco

Papa Francisco was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina.

Papa Francisco became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

Papa Francisco led the Argentine Church during the December 2001 riots in Argentina.

Papa Francisco chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Papa Francisco is credited with having a less formal approach to the papacy than his predecessors, for instance choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse rather than in the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace used by previous popes.

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Papa Francisco maintains that the church should be more open and welcoming for members of the LGBT community.

Papa Francisco was the eldest of five children of Mario Jose Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori.

Papa Francisco's niece, Cristina Bergoglio, is a painter based in Madrid, Spain.

Papa Francisco attended the technical secondary school Escuela Tecnica Industrial N° 27 Hipolito Yrigoyen, named after a past Argentine president, and graduated with a chemical technician's diploma.

Papa Francisco passed by a church to go to confession, and was inspired by the priest.

Papa Francisco taught literature and psychology at the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion, a high school in Santa Fe, from 1964 to 1965.

Papa Francisco served as the master of novices for the province there and became a professor of theology.

Papa Francisco was named provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina that July, for a six-year term which ended in 1979.

Papa Francisco served at San Miguel for six years until 1986 when, at the discretion of Jesuit superior-general Peter Hans Kolvenbach, he was replaced by someone more in tune with the worldwide trend in the Society of Jesus toward emphasizing social justice, rather than his emphasis on popular religiosity and direct pastoral work.

Papa Francisco spent several months at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt, Germany, considering possible dissertation topics.

Papa Francisco chose as his episcopal motto Miserando atque eligendo.

Papa Francisco defended Podesta's wife from Vatican attacks on their marriage.

Papa Francisco was reelected to another three-year term on 11 November 2008.

Papa Francisco remained a member of that commission's permanent governing body, president of its committee for the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and a member of its liturgy committee for the care of shrines.

Papa Francisco was a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Congregation for the Clergy, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Commission for Latin America.

Papa Francisco lived in a small apartment, rather than in the elegant bishop's residence in the suburb of Olivos.

Papa Francisco took public transportation and cooked his own meals.

Papa Francisco was known to be devoted to St Therese of Lisieux, and he enclosed a small picture of her in the letters he wrote, calling her "a great missionary saint".

Papa Francisco participated as a cardinal elector in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI.

Papa Francisco sometimes made appearances at the annual gathering known as the Rimini Meeting held during the late summer months in Italy.

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Papa Francisco feared for the priests' safety and had tried to change their work prior to their arrest; however, contrary to reports, he never tried to throw them out of the Jesuit order.

Papa Francisco's complaint did not specify how Bergoglio was involved; Bergoglio's spokesman flatly denied the allegations.

Papa Francisco is the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

Papa Francisco is conversant in Latin, French, Portuguese, and English, and he understands the Piedmontese language and some Genoese.

Papa Francisco is the first pope since Pope Pius X to live outside the papal apartments.

Papa Francisco is altering the culture of the clergy, steering away from what he has named as “clericalism” and toward an ethic of service.

Papa Francisco wore the same iron pectoral cross that he had worn as archbishop of Buenos Aires, rather than the gold one worn by his predecessors.

Papa Francisco celebrated Mass in the presence of various political and religious leaders from around the world.

Papa Francisco explained that, as it was becoming clear during the conclave voting that he would be elected the new bishop of Rome, the Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes had embraced him and whispered, "Don't forget the poor", which had made Bergoglio think of the saint.

Papa Francisco abolished the €25,000 annual bonus paid to the cardinals serving on the Board of Supervisors for the Vatican bank.

Papa Francisco spoke out against those who give in to "easy gain" in a world filled with greed, and made a plea for humanity to become a better guardian of creation by protecting the environment.

Papa Francisco continued to assert Catholic doctrine, in less dramatic tone than his recent predecessors, who maintained that the Catholic Church is not a democracy of popular opinion.

Papa Francisco established two new Secretariats in the Roman Curia: the Secretariat for the Economy, and the Secretariat for Communications.

Papa Francisco implied that Traditionis Custodes did not apply to all traditional Catholic communities, not just the FSSP.

Papa Francisco encouraged priests to visit patients and health workers; urged the faithful not to forget the poor during the time of crisis; offered prayers for people with the virus in China; and invoked the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title Salus Populi Romani, as the Diocese of Rome observed a period of prayer and fasting in recognition of the victims.

Papa Francisco appointed France's member of the Xaviere Missionary Sisters, Nathalie Becquart as the first co-undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.

Papa Francisco stated he is determined to end corruption in the Catholic Church but is not very optimistic due to it being a human problem dating back centuries.

Papa Francisco apologized for the church's role in "projects of cultural destruction" and forced assimilation which culminated in the abusive system of residential schools.

Papa Francisco strongly opposed clericalism and made women full members of the church's dicasteries in Rome.

Papa Francisco stated that he supports legally recognising same-sex civil unions in a statement from an interview published in October 2020; this passage was from an interview from 2019, but this passage had been cut from public releases at the time.

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Papa Francisco stated that the Vatican is in talks with the Taliban through Cardinal Pietro Parolin to discourage the Taliban on taking reprisal measures against civilians.

Papa Francisco urged peace during his time in the religiously diverse city, known as the "Jerusalem of Europe".

Papa Francisco went on to place a statue in St Peter's Square to bring attention to the Christian imperative involved in their situation.

Papa Francisco's 2015 trip to Cuba is a prime example.

Papa Francisco broke records after having gained over one million followers in under twelve hours of the account being up.

Papa Francisco emphasizes the female talent and the importance of the charism of women for church and society.