Pope Francis: The Peoples Pope The Catholic Church has a rocky history. From the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades‚ to sex and money abuse scandals. The Church‚ with such a dark past‚ needed to have a beacon of light to bring it out of its dark history. 2013 marked a landmark in church history. It saw Pope Benedict XVI resign‚ the first Pope to do so since 1415. Following in the steps of this trend of new‚ the Church also saw its first South American Pope. Pope Francis has ushered in a new era
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Jennifer Willman Journal #5 04/01/2013 I like many others‚ have become intrigued by our newest pope. I found a few articles online that I have found very interesting. This is the first time that I have actually cared or even read about the pope. As I was reading these articles there were little bits that I had to look up because I had no idea what they were or what they meant. Unfortunately‚ I resorted to reading the wiki website. I could understand what they were talking about on that website
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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio‚[b][c] 17 December 1936) is pope of the Catholic Church‚ in which capacity he is both Bishop of Rome and absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State.[2] Born in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technician and nightclub bouncer before beginning seminarystudies.[3] He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina’s Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus.
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the papal name Francis‚ after St. Francis of Assisi‚ and was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. It was on March 13‚ 2013 that white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and Pope Francis was elected the two hundred and sixty-sixth pope. He is a pope of many firsts. The first Jesuit pope‚ first pope from the Americas‚ and first non- European pope in more than a millennium. He is known for being
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Did you know that out of the 266 popes; Pope Francis is the first from the Americas? Pope Francis‚ also referred to as “The People’s Pope” (Time Magazine) became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13‚ 2013. He is the highest figure in the Catholic Church and the first non-European Pope in 1‚200 years. This significant leader will forever leave an imprint on the world. Pope Francis is without a doubt one of the most influential people in today’s history. One could know this man
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America I’m Zaquane Cooper. Today we will be interviewing Catholic leader Pope Francis. We are going to be discussing his focus on poverty‚ which he presented during his speech to congress. Pope Francis calling on them to have compassion for most Vulnerable among and we are going to find out why he is called “Slum Pope” and” a Pope for the poor. So everyone let give it up for Catholic leader Pope Francis. QUESTION 1 Pope Francis‚ welcome. I know this is one question everyone has been meaning to ask
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I believe Pope Francis is one of the powerful person in the world. He was born in 1936 and became 266th pope in year 2013. He was born and raised in Bueno Aires‚ Argentina. In the article pope Francis show people that he is not happy with luxuries lives. Pope Francis rejected the clothes that are made by hands and rejected luxurious cars that was offered. Sometimes he rode minibus to went back to his hotel. He decided to act this way because he wanted to be a good model for people who are following
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Laudato Si encyclical by Pope Francis is to help humanity recognize and realize the damage humanity is causing to the environment and the living people. It also talks about the religious‚ spiritual‚ and moral causes that ruin the relationship of man with nature. In addition‚ Francis also comprised The Canticle of the Creatures‚ which is also known as The Canticle of Brother Sun. It includes three sections; the first section includes the praise of God for all his creations. The Second section includes
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had enforced since his title of archbishop‚ the new Pope has begun to change everything that the Vatican had promoted. His name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he claims the title as the "first Latin American pope‚ the first Jesuit pope‚ the first in more than a thousand years not to have been born in Europe‚ and the first to take the moniker Francis‚" (Draper 36). But the appearance of the pope is not the only thing he has changed. In fact pope Francis does not want to be looked upon as a leader of a
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Pope Francis talked about the different kinds of Christians who follow their faith in a confused way‚ and he compared those who are inactive or do not move forward can be considered as “mummified” Christians. On Tuesday‚ Pope Francis’ homily at the morning mass held at the Santa Marta residence focused on how some Christians forget the Jesus is the only way to life. The pontiff discussed the four kinds of Christians who get distracted from their journey of faith‚ according to the Vatican Radio. Pope
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