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Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected Pope Francis
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Posted on 03/13/2013 12:29:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

BACKGROUND:

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ (born December 17, 1936) is the current pope of the Roman Catholic Church, elected on March 13, 2013, and taking the regnal name of Francis I. Prior to his election, he served as an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He was elevated to Pope in March 2013.

Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of an Italian railway worker and his wife. After studying at the seminary in Villa Devoto, he entered the Society of Jesus on March 11, 1958. Bergoglio obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel, and then taught literature and psychology at the Colegio de la Inmaculada in Santa Fe, and the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 13, 1969, by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. He attended the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel, a seminary in San Miguel. Bergoglio attained the position of novice master there and became professor of theology.

Impressed with his leadership skills, the Society of Jesus promoted Bergoglio and he served as provincial for Argentina from 1973 to 1979. He was transferred in 1980 to become the rector of the seminary in San Miguel where had had studied. He served in that capacity until 1986. He completed his doctoral dissertation in Germany and returned to his homeland to serve as confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba.


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KEYWORDS: argentina; bergoglio; buenosaires; catholics; conclave; dupe; francis; francisi; jesuit; jesuitorder; jorgebergoglio; pope; popefrancis; popefrancis1; romancatholicism
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To: Hoodat

21 posted on 03/13/2013 12:36:08 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: skinndogNN
It's a regnal name.

For comparison, King George VI of Britain (the one from The King's Speech) was baptized Albert, but took the name George, after his father, when he was crowned.

The past two hundred or so Popes have taken regnal names, in order to honor someone they admired.

22 posted on 03/13/2013 12:36:38 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: SeekAndFind
Francis. Manly name.

I'm not Catholic ... so this really isn't my game. But ... born in 1936? He's 78. Certainly has to be precedent for a Pope that's in his 50s. Would've been nice to have somebody young enough to last a while. Gonna have to do the whole thing over again in a few years.

SnakeDoc

23 posted on 03/13/2013 12:36:55 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("I've shot people I like more for less." -- Raylan Givens)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

He’s the first person from the Western Hemisphere to be elected Pope.


24 posted on 03/13/2013 12:37:39 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Hoodat

Glad to see Pope Francis lighten up the scene!


25 posted on 03/13/2013 12:38:07 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Publius

We’re not Catholic but watched the revelation and were EXTREMELY moved. Awesome! Bless him and all Christianity.


26 posted on 03/13/2013 12:38:21 PM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: Hoodat

Too funny !!


27 posted on 03/13/2013 12:38:40 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow. A Jesuit and an American!


28 posted on 03/13/2013 12:38:51 PM PDT by GVnana
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To: TomGuy
For everyone's information, this was the odds that people gave for the Papabili (LESSON: He who enters the conclave as Pope, leaves the conclave a Cardinal ):

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29 posted on 03/13/2013 12:39:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: skinndogNN

IIRC, Popes started taking a new name when a man named Peter was elected. Not wanting to duplicate the name of the original Peter, he took another name.


30 posted on 03/13/2013 12:39:20 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a female's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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To: wideawake

That’s awesome!! And he seems to have a sense of humor too!


31 posted on 03/13/2013 12:39:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SeekAndFind
Jorge Mario Bergoglio: The archbishop of Buenos Aires is the Argentine-born son of an Italian railway worker. Seen as a compassionate conservative, he reportedly came in second during the 2005 balloting that ultimately elected Benedict XVI. The 76-year-old Jesuit prizes simplicity and humility and would encourage priests to do shoe-leather evangelization, his biographer says.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/12/17270315-from-rome-to-africa-meet-the-20-men-who-could-be-pope?lite
32 posted on 03/13/2013 12:39:49 PM PDT by Hoodat (I stand with Rand.)
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To: piytar

Some crank will find a way to shoehorn that fake prophecy into this election. Somehow.


33 posted on 03/13/2013 12:39:57 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Hoodat
Father Francis?


34 posted on 03/13/2013 12:40:01 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

He’s 76 years old but doesn’t look 76..looks like a young 76 so God willing he has many many years ahead of him


35 posted on 03/13/2013 12:40:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SeekAndFind

I’d like to see the Bozo who put their money on Richard Dawkins.


36 posted on 03/13/2013 12:40:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GVnana

I don’t see anything to indicate he’s an American.


37 posted on 03/13/2013 12:41:01 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: Revolting cat!

It’s still Frank’s World, we just get to live in it.


38 posted on 03/13/2013 12:41:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Prayers for my Catholic brethren in Christ, that the leadership of your Church has chosen wisely and selected a man who will do God’s work as His servant on earth.


39 posted on 03/13/2013 12:41:39 PM PDT by henkster (I have one more cow than my neighbor. I am a kulak.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The announcement and first view of our new pope came during the hour of mercy in my time zone :)


40 posted on 03/13/2013 12:41:43 PM PDT by PeevedPatriot
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