Pope Francis Elected Supreme Pontiff 13 March 2013 Formerly: Cardinal Priest, Title of S.

Roberto Bellarmino Appointed by John Paul II on 21 February 2001 Archbishop of Buenos Aires (28 February 1998 13March 2013) Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite

Motto as Archbishop: Miserando atque eligendo/Miserable yet chosen. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was ordained for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) on 13 December 1969 during his theological studies at the Theological Faculty of San Miguel. As served as a novice master in San Miguel, where he also taught theology, and later was the Jesuit 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 Crdoba. 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 he was made Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires and succeeded Cardinal Antonio Quarracino on 28 February 1998. He is also the Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite. From 8 November 2005 until 8 November 2011 he served as President of the Bishops' Conference of Argentina. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Bl. John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001, with the Title of S. Roberto Bellarmino (St. Robert Bellarmine). During the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in October 2001, he served as the Adjunct Relator General. He was also a member of several curial congregations: For Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments; for the Clergy; for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, as well as the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On 13 March 2013 Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, was elected Supreme Pontiff on the second day of the Conclave, on the fifth ballot. O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other Apostles, look with favor, we pray, on Francis, our Pope and grant that he, whom you have made Peter's successor, may be for your people a visible source and foundation of unity in faith and of communion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

INICIO / BIOGRAFA / VIDEOS Papa Francisco Motto: Miserando atque eligendo (Humilde pero elegido)

Cardenal Presbtero del ttulo de San Roberto Bellarmino Nombrado por Juan Pablo II el 21 de febrero 2001 Obispo de Buenos Aires (28 de febrero de 1998) Ordinario para fieles de Rito Oriental en Argentina que carecen de un Ordinario de su propio rito. Arzobispo de Buenos Aires. Ordinario para los fieles del rito oriental en Argentina que carecen de un Ordinario de su propio rito Nacimiento: Naci en Buenos Aires el 17 de diciembre de 1936. Educacin: Estudi y se diplom como tcnico qumico, pero al decidirse por el sacerdocio ingres en el seminario de Villa Devoto. El 11 de marzo de 1958 pas al noviciado de la Compaa de Jess, estudi humanidades en Chile, y en 1960, de regreso a Buenos Aires, obtuvo la licenciatura en Filosofa en el Colegio Mximo San Jos, en la localidad de San Miguel. Entre 1964 y 1965 fue profesor de Literatura y Psicologa en el Colegio de la Inmaculada de Santa Fe, y en 1966 dict iguales materias en el Colegio del Salvador de Buenos Aires. De 1967 a 1970 curs Teologa en el Colegio Mximo de San Miguel, cuya licenciatura obtuvo. Sacerdocio: El 13 de diciembre de 1969 fue ordenado sacerdote. En 1971 hizo la tercera probacin en Alcal de Henares (Espaa), y el 22 de abril de 1973, su profesin perpetua. Fue maestro de novicios en la residencia Villa Barilari, de San Miguel (aos 1972/73), profesor en la Facultad de Teologa y Consultor de la Provincia y Rector del Colegio Mximo. El 31 de julio de 1973 fue elegido provincial de la Argentina, cargo que ejerci durante seis aos. Estuvo en Alemania, y al volver la superioridad lo destin al Colegio del Salvador, de donde pas a la iglesia de la Compaa, de la ciudad de Crdoba, como director espiritual y confesor. Entre 1980 y 1986 fue Rector del Colegio Mximo de San Miguel y de las Facultades de Filosofa y Teologa de la misma Casa. Episcopado: El 20 de mayo de 1992, Juan Pablo II lo design Obispo Titular de Auca y Auxiliar de Buenos Aires. El 27 de junio del mismo ao recibi en la Catedral primada la ordenacin episcopal, y fue promovido a Arzobispo Coadjutor de Buenos Aires el 3 de junio de 1997. De dicha sede arzobispal es titular desde el 28 de febrero de 1998, cuando se convirti en el primer jesuita que lleg a ser primado de la Argentina. Sucedi en el cargo al Cardenal Antonio Quarracino. Es Ordinario para los fieles de rito oriental residentes en la Argentina y que no cuentan con Ordinario de su propio rito. En la Conferencia Episcopal Argentina ha sido vicepresidente (20022005); y como miembro de la Comisin Ejecutiva ha sido miembro de la Comisin Permanente representando a la Provincia Eclesistica de Buenos Aires. Ha integrado, adems, las comisiones

episcopales de Educacin Catlica y de la Universidad Catlica Argentina, de la que es Gran Canciller. Cardenalato: Creado Cardenal presbtero el 21 de febrero del 2001; recibi la birreta roja y el ttulo de San Roberto Belarmino. Asisti como Relator General Adjunto a la X Asamblea Ordinaria del Snodo de Obispos, Ciudad del Vaticano realizado del 30 de setiembre al 27 de octubre de 2001. En la Santa Sede, forma parte de la Congregacin para el Culto Divino y la disciplina de los Sacramentos, la Congregacin para el Clero, la Congregacin para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada y las Sociedades de Vida Apostlica. Asimismo, integra el Pontificio Consejo para la Familia, la Comisin para Amrica Latina (CAL) y el Consejo Ordinario de la Secretara General para el Snodo de los Obispos. Particip en el cnclave del 18 y 19 de abril de 2005. Asisti a la XI Asamblea General Ordinaria del Snodo de los Obispos, Ciudad del Vaticano, 2 al 23 de octubre de 2005. Miembro del consejo post-sinodal de la XI Asamblea General Ordinaria del Snodo de los Obispos. El 9 de noviembre de 2005 fue electo Presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Argentina, para el trienio 2005-2008. En la Santa Sede es miembro de la Congregacin para el Culto Divino y la disciplina de los Sacramentos; de la Congregacin para el Clero; de la Congregacin para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada y de las Sociedades de Vida Apostlica; y del Pontificio Consejo para la Familia. Informacin adicional: El Cardenal Bergoglio es uno de los cinco hijos de un matrimonio italiano de clase media formado por Mario, empleado ferroviario, y Regina Svori, ama de casa. Entre sus escritos figuran Meditaciones para religiosos (1982), Reflexiones sobre la vida apostlica (1986), Reflexiones de esperanza (1992). El 13 de marzo de 2013 el Cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ fue elegido Supremo Pontfice en la quinta votacin. Oh Dios, que en Tu providencial designio quisiste que Tu Iglesia fuera edificada sobre el bienaventurado Pedro, al que preferiste entre los dems apstoles, mira con misericordia te rogamos, a Francisco, nuestro Papa y concede que l, a quien has hecho sucesor de Pedro, pueda ser para tu pueblo principio y fundamento visible de unidad en la fe y en la comunin. A travs de nuestro Seor Jesucristo, tu Hijo, que vive y reina contigo en la unidad del Espritu Santo, un solo Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Amen. BIOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina. The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of his episcopal ministry.

My people are poor and I am one of them, he has said more than once, explaining his decision to live in an apartment and cook his own supper. He has always advised his priests to show mercy and apostolic courage and to keep their doors open to everyone. The worst thing that could happen to the Church, he has said on various occasions, is what de Lubac called spiritual worldliness, which means, being self-centred. And when he speaks of social justice, he calls people first of all to pick up the Catechism, to rediscover the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. His project is simple: if you follow Christ, you understand that trampling upon a persons dignity is a serious sin. Despite his reserved character his official biography consists of only a few lines, at least until his appointment as Archbishop of Buenos Aires he became a reference point because of the strong stances he took during the dramatic financial crisis that overwhelmed the country in 2001. He was born in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, the son of Italian immigrants. His father Mario was an accountant employed by the railways and his mother Regina Sivori was a committed wife dedicated to raising their five children. He graduated as a chemical technician and then chose the path of the priesthood, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. On 11 March 1958 he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. He completed his studies of the humanities in Chile and returned to Argentina in 1963 to graduate with a degree in philosophy from the Colegio de San Jos in San Miguel. From 1964 to 1965 he taught literature and psychology at Immaculate Conception College in Santa F and in 1966 he taught the same subject at the Colegio del Salvatore in Buenos Aires. From 1967-70 he studied theology and obtained a degree from the Colegio of San Jos. On 13 December 1969 he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramn Jos Castellano. He continued his training between 1970 and 1971 at the University of Alcal de Henares, Spain, and on 22 April 1973 made his final profession with the Jesuits. Back in Argentina, he was novice master at Villa Barilari, San Miguel; professor at the Faculty of Theology of San Miguel; consultor to the Province of the Society of Jesus and also Rector of the Colegio Mximo of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology. On 31 July 1973 he was appointed Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina, an office he held for six years. He then resumed his work in the university sector and from 1980 to 1986 served once again as Rector of the Colegio de San Jos, as well as parish priest, again in San Miguel. In March 1986 he went to Germany to finish his doctoral thesis; his superiors then sent him to the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires and next to the Jesuit Church in the city of Crdoba as spiritual director and confessor. It was Cardinal Antonio Quarracino, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who wanted him as a close collaborator. So, on 20 May 1992 Pope John Paul II appointed him titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary of Buenos Aires. On 27 May he received episcopal ordination from the Cardinal in the cathedral. He chose as his episcopal motto, miserando atque eligendo, and on his coat of arms inserted the ihs, the symbol of the Society of Jesus.

He gave his first interview as a bishop to a parish newsletter, Estrellita de Belm. He was immediately appointed Episcopal Vicar of the Flores district and on 21 December 1993 was also entrusted with the office of Vicar General of the Archdiocese. Thus it came as no surprise when, on 3 June 1997, he was raised to the dignity of Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Not even nine months had passed when, upon the death of Cardinal Quarracino, he succeeded him on 28 February 1998, as Archbishop, Primate of Argentina and Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who have no Ordinary of their own rite. Three years later at the Consistory of 21 February 2001, John Paul ii created him Cardinal, assigning him the title of San Roberto Bellarmino. He asked the faithful not to come to Rome to celebrate his creation as Cardinal but rather to donate to the poor what they would have spent on the journey. As Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University of Argentina, he is the author of the books: Meditaciones para religiosos (1982), Reflexiones sobre la vida apostlica (1992) and Reflexiones de esperanza (1992). In October 2001 he was appointed General Relator to the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Episcopal Ministry. This task was entrusted to him at the last minute to replace Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, Archbishop of New York, who was obliged to stay in his homeland because of the terrorist attacks on September 11th. At the Synod he placed particular emphasis on the prophetic mission of the bishop, his being a prophet of justice, his duty to preach ceaselessly the social doctrine of the Church and also to express an authentic judgement in matters of faith and morals. All the while Cardinal Bergoglio was becoming ever more popular in Latin America. Despite this, he never relaxed his sober approach or his strict lifestyle, which some have defined as almost ascetic. In this spirit of poverty, he declined to be appointed as President of the Argentine Bishops Conference in 2002, but three years later he was elected and then, in 2008, reconfirmed for a further three-year mandate. Meanwhile in April 2005 he took part in the Conclave in which Pope Benedict XVI was elected. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires a diocese with more than three million inhabitants he conceived of a missionary project based on communion and evangelization. He had four main goals: open and brotherly communities, an informed laity playing a lead role, evangelization efforts addressed to every inhabitant of the city, and assistance to the poor and the sick. He aimed to reevangelize Buenos Aires, taking into account those who live there, its structure and its history. He asked priests and lay people to work together. In September 2009 he launched the solidarity campaign for the bicentenary of the Independence of the country. Two hundred charitable agencies are to be set up by 2016. And on a continental scale, he expected much from the impact of the message of the Aparecida Conference in 2007, to the point of describing it as the Evangelii Nuntiandi of Latin America. Until the beginning of the recent sede vacante, he 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 Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

He was elected Supreme Pontiff on 13 March 2013.

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BIOGRAFIA DEL SANTO PADRE

FRANCESCO

Il primo Papa giunto dalle Americhe il gesuita argentino Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76 anni, arcivescovo di Buenos Aires dal 1998. una figura di spicco dellintero continente e un pastore semplice e molto amato nella sua diocesi, che ha girato in lungo e in largo, anche in metropolitana e con gli autobus. La mia gente povera e io sono uno di loro, ha detto una volta per spiegare la scelta di abitare in un appartamento e di prepararsi la cena da solo. Ai suoi preti ha sempre raccomandato misericordia, coraggio e porte aperte. La cosa peggiore che possa accadere nella Chiesa, ha spiegato in alcune circostanze, quella che de Lubac chiama mondanit spirituale, che significa mettere al centro se stessi. E quando cita la giustizia sociale, invita a riprendere in mano il catechismo, i dieci comandamenti e le beatitudini. Nonostante il carattere schivo divenuto un punto di riferimento per le sue prese di posizione durante la crisi economica che ha sconvolto il Paese nel 2001. Nella capitale argentina nasce il 17 dicembre 1936, figlio di emigranti piemontesi: suo padre Mario fa il ragioniere, impiegato nelle ferrovie, mentre sua madre, Regina Sivori, si occupa della casa e delleducazione dei cinque figli. Diplomatosi come tecnico chimico, sceglie poi la strada del sacerdozio entrando nel seminario diocesano. L11 marzo 1958 passa al noviziato della Compagnia di Ges. Completa gli studi umanistici in Cile e nel 1963, tornato in Argentina, si laurea in filosofia al collegio San Giuseppe a San Miguel. Fra il 1964 e il 1965 professore di letteratura e psicologia nel collegio dellImmacolata di Santa F e nel 1966 insegna le stesse materie nel collegio del Salvatore a Buenos Aires. Dal 1967 al 1970 studia teologia laureandosi sempre al collegio San Giuseppe. Il 13 dicembre 1969 ordinato sacerdote dallarcivescovo Ramn Jos Castellano. Prosegue quindi la preparazione tra il 1970 e il 1971 in Spagna, e il 22 aprile 1973 emette la professione perpetua nei gesuiti. Di nuovo in Argentina, maestro di novizi a Villa Barilari a San Miguel, professore presso la facolt di teologia, consultore della provincia della Compagnia di Ges e rettore del Collegio. Il 31 luglio 1973 viene eletto provinciale dei gesuiti dellArgentina. Sei anni dopo riprende il lavoro nel campo universitario e, tra il 1980 e il 1986, di nuovo rettore del collegio di San Giuseppe, oltre che parroco ancora a San Miguel. Nel marzo 1986 va in Germania per ultimare la tesi dottorale; quindi i superiori lo inviano nel collegio del Salvatore a Buenos Aires e poi nella chiesa della Compagnia nella citt di Cordoba, come direttore spirituale e confessore. il cardinale Quarracino a volerlo come suo stretto collaboratore a Buenos Aires. Cos il 20 maggio 1992 Giovanni Paolo II lo nomina vescovo titolare di Auca e ausiliare di Buenos Aires. Il 27 giugno riceve nella cattedrale lordinazione episcopale proprio dal cardinale. Come motto sceglie Miserando atque eligendo e nello stemma inserisce il cristogramma ihs, simbolo della Compagnia di Ges. subito nominato vicario episcopale della zona Flores e il 21 dicembre 1993 diviene vicario generale. Nessuna sorpresa dunque quando, il 3 giugno 1997, promosso arcivescovo coadiutore di Buenos Aires. Passati neppure nove mesi, alla morte del cardinale Quarracino gli succede, il 28 febbraio 1998, come arcivescovo, primate di Argentina, ordinario per i fedeli di rito orientale residenti nel Paese, gran cancelliere dellUniversit Cattolica.

Nel Concistoro del 21 febbraio 2001, Giovanni Paolo II lo crea cardinale, del titolo di san Roberto Bellarmino. Nellottobre 2001 nominato relatore generale aggiunto alla decima assemblea generale ordinaria del Sinodo dei vescovi, dedicata al ministero episcopale. Intanto in America latina la sua figura diventa sempre pi popolare. Nel 2002 declina la nomina a presidente della Conferenza episcopale argentina, ma tre anni dopo viene eletto e poi riconfermato per un altro triennio nel 2008. Intanto, nellaprile 2005, partecipa al conclave in cui eletto Benedetto XVI. Come arcivescovo di Buenos Aires tre milioni di abitanti pensa a un progetto missionario incentrato sulla comunione e sullevangelizzazione. Quattro gli obiettivi principali: comunit aperte e fraterne; protagonismo di un laicato consapevole; evangelizzazione rivolta a ogni abitante della citt; assistenza ai poveri e ai malati. Invita preti e laici a lavorare insieme. Nel settembre 2009 lancia a livello nazionale la campagna di solidariet per il bicentenario dellindipendenza del Paese: duecento opere di carit da realizzare entro il 2016. E, in chiave continentale, nutre forti speranze sullonda del messaggio della Conferenza di Aparecida nel 2007, fino a definirlo lEvangelii nuntiandi dellAmerica Latina. Viene eletto Sommo Pontefice il 13 marzo 2013.

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