Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio Elected As Pope Francis
A surprising pick for Pope, Argentina's 76 year old Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was not among the front-runners, is now the Pope of the Catholic Church. His chosen name is Pope Francis. He is the first non-European pope since 741.
His biography via Wikipedia:
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. 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.
Early life
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 seminray 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.
Bergoglio succeeded Cardinal Quarracino on February 28, 1998. He was concurrently named ordinary for Eastern Catholics in Argentina, who lacked their own prelate. Pope John Paul II summoned the newly named archbishop to the consistory of February 21, 2001 in Vatican City and elevated Bergoglio with the papal honors of a cardinal. He was named to the Cardinal-Priest of Saint Robert Bellarmino.
Cardinal
Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio greets President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, December, 2007.
As cardinal, Bergoglio was appointed to several administrative positions in the Roman Curia. He served on the Congregation of Clergy, Congregation of Divine Worship and Sacraments, Congregation of Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Congregation of Societies of Apostolic Life. Bergoglio became a member of the Commission on Latin American and the Family Council.
As Cardinal, Bergoglio became known for personal humility, doctrinal conservatism and a commitment to social justice. A simple lifestyle has contributed to his reputation for humility. He lives in a small apartment, rather than in the palatial bishop's residence. He gave up his chauffeured limousine in favor of public transportation, and he reportedly cooks his own meals.
Upon the death of Pope John Paul II, Bergoglio, considered papabile himself, participated in the 2005 papal conclave as a cardinal elector, the conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. A widespread theory says that he was in a tight fight with Ratzinger until he himself adviced crying not to be voted. Earlier, he had participated in the funeral of Pope John Paul II and acted as a regent alongside the College of Cardinals, governing the Holy See and the Roman Catholic Church during the interregnum sede vacante period. Cardinal Bergoglio remains eligible to participate in conclaves that begin before his 80th birthday on December 17, 2016.
During the 2005 Synod of Bishops, he was elected a member of the Post-Synodal council. Catholic journalist John L. Allen, Jr. reported that Bergoglio was a frontrunner in the 2005 Conclave. An unauthorized diary of uncertain authenticity released in September 2005 confirmed that Bergogolio was the runner-up and main challenger of Cardinal Ratzinger at that conclave. The purported diary of the anonymous cardinal claimed Bergoglio received 40 votes in the third ballot, but fell back to 26 at the fourth and decisive ballot.
On November 8, 2005, Bergoglio was elected President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference for a three-year term (2005–2008) by a large majority of the Argentine bishops, which according to reports confirms his local leadership and the international prestige earned by his alleged performance in the conclave. He was reelected on November 11, 2008.
Views
Liberation theology
Bergoglio is an accomplished theologian who distanced himself from liberation theology early in his career. He is thought to be close to Comunione e Liberazione, a conservative lay movement.
Abortion and euthanasia
Cardinal Bergoglio has invited his clergy and laity to oppose both abortion and euthanasia.
Homosexuality
He has affirmed church teaching on homosexuality, though he teaches the importance of respecting individuals who are gay. He strongly opposed legislation introduced in 2010 by the Argentine Government to allow same-sex marriage. In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: "Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God." He has also insisted that adoption by gays and lesbians is a form of discrimination against children. This position received a rebuke from Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who said the church's tone was reminiscent of "medieval times and the Inquisition".
Church and AIDS
His doctrinal orthodoxy emphasizes Christ's mandate to love: he is well remembered for his 2001 visit to a hospice, in which he washed and kissed the feet of twelve AIDS patients.
Social justice
He consistently preaches a message of compassion towards the poor, but somewho? observers would like him to place a greater emphasis on issues of social justice. Rather than articulating positions on matters of political economy, Bergoglio prefers to emphasize spirituality and holiness, believing that this will naturally lead to greater concern for the suffering of the poor. He has, however, voiced support for social programs, and publicly challenged free-market policies.
Relations with the Argentine government
On April 15, 2005, a human rights lawyer filed a criminal complaint against Bergoglio, accusing him of conspiring with the junta in 1976 to kidnap two Jesuit priests, whom he, as superior of the Society of Jesus of Argentina in 1976, had asked to leave their pastoral work following conflict within the Society over how to respond to the new military dictatorship, with some priests advocating a violent overthrow. Bergoglio's spokesman has flatly denied the allegations. No evidence was presented linking the cardinal to this crime.
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Bergoglio is Italian for Bernanke. Just add the beard.
Which one of his family members is a director at GS?
The new pope looks so kind. I love him. Swoon! Oh look my toast shows the Argentina flag with a fish hat! Ebay here I come!
Seriously, wasn't this the same guy who was Pope like 3 Popes ago?
Toast pope already found:
http://www.popetoast.com/images/pope.jpg
I see old Johnny Cash.
First jesuit pope, now we are properly fucked
WARD, have you seen the beaver? No dear, last I heard he was practicing his lines for the school play.
why Fransis the first when everyone knows he will be the last???
We've seen the name John Paul...
I was hoping for George Ringo...
Francis...??
Maybe he's a Sinatra fan..
Francis_sawyer oddly silent today.
what's more odd is that you've never seen the two in the same room together... :-)
there was a world outside europe in 720?
According to Wikipedia, he's one of five children.
Is the new pope is just like the Francis on Malcolm in the Middle, who was sent away to military school?
Most of it actually.
They didn't announce ths after close on a friday so you know it doesn't matter.
Would anyone close by be so kind as to whether go to the vatican and burn the whole thing down? Just burn it down beyond repair? I would be duly grateful for the kindness.
If you burned it down the IMF would just lend the billions needed to rebuild (bail it out).
What happened to Peter of Africa and the end of the world?
I was hoping for Pope Long Soup Line.
What is the point of "hoping" for what already is, at least metaphorically speaking.
Sucks to have a perfectly good end-of-world scenario shot down like that. Pffft and it's gone!
black peter wasnt enough w/ the jesuits, that's
Maybe someone then can fill me in on this statement about this new pope in a Philippine newspaper..... "For example, the Argentine has hit out sharply at the International Monetary Fund and at modern market capitalism."
Anyone against the IMF and what they call "capitalism" now is a friend of mine.
yeah, the world outside of europe was called Turkey
first openly jesuit pope... but still we are screwed.
John Adams (1735-1826; 2nd President of the United States)
Lincoln was sure they were going to assasinate him.
http://www.truthontheweb.org/abe.htm
Not that this Dictator had any other reason to be assasinated. If true, hopefully the Jesuits are working hard on the current 'problem'...
The Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes) is also known as The Jesuit Plot.
I was Jusuit schooled. They hit us . A lot, I am sure they still do VIVA "le Paddle" rest in peace Father Robert Sproule you heartless , albeit brilliant, sadist prick. signed your loyal Beadle.
Thank God he tweets.
https://twitter.com/JMBergoglio
he kidnaps too! what a well-rounded individual!
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/17/world/fg-cardinal17
im still looking in this pizza....i cant find this fucker....
All i see,is Johnny Debt and The Shitcoins,and his bretherens, The Lemmings, a famos band from Sweeden,who forsteret Ali... Abba who, won the EUGrand prix with the famos Send me an Sos,or was it, Money Money Money ,we love the rich mens world?
Damn i am getting old,Thee Holyseer,finaly came to the continent of the Slaughtered,where they feed their exwifes(thatll be Bruno ex goalkeper from a famos Rio club) to the dogs,sorry for wandering,my spirit!
Charlie Waterfall!Master of the CPI,s.
Willy Nelson maybe
That's Willie
Are you claiming that he once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die?
You are mistaking him for a pope named Sue.
(P)Opa
it's all greek to me
I see Cheech Marin in a knit Rastafari hat.
So thats where all that smoke was coming from.
No way. That's Jerry Garcia.
He's a double agent. For whom, you ask? Well just rearrange the letters in his name:
Google RBI
Surprise, bitchez! Google beats out Goldman on this one! Now you know why their stock price has been shooting to the moon lately- they got the Pope in their hip pocket!
"This guru told me that when I die I would experience perfect enlightenment. So I got that goin' for me." (Badly Quoted Bill Murray from Caddyshack)
So they pick a pope from S. America. Shocking. Shocking I tell ya.
The Mormons, another well known religious cult is also trying to improve its image with the South Americans:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/55974230-90/uchtdorf-immigrants-immigration-president.html.csp
Bascially, Christianity is fading (thank God!....get it?) and so the major christian religions are going where there is fertile ground for conversion: South America.
It looks like First Worlders are rejecting the religious bullshit these cults are peddling and so they have to go where the masses are uneducated and desperate.
I say fuck the catholics, the mormons and all other groups that use religion to steal money from their followers and oppress them through guilt. Oh, and the ass pounding of young boys. Fuck them for that too.
So I was walking by St. Patricks Cathedral the other day, and I see little Johnny with his pants pulled down by his ankles squatting in the snow.
"What are you doing Johnny," I asked?
"Well," said Johnny in a trembling voice with a look of fear in his eyes "The sermon is almost over, and the Bishop likes to have a cold one after work."
Zap, and Jani, do you still whore out your bitches to each other, or do you just stick to your own pets these days?
Fuck off, idiots.
Brown reason to live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LTzZ5BcHmQ
Can't take a joke eh?
What joke?
It looks like First Worlders are rejecting the religious bullshit these cults are peddling and so they have to go where the masses are uneducated and desperate.
So we'll be the "masses" "uneducated and desperate".
We, southamericans, "uneducated", "desperate".
I think you need to achieve better information. The ones who have been and are being brainwashed it's you people of the "Developed" World.
As for religion, (or most accurate, for politics & religion), the Vatican isn't very popular here as well, pal.
I'll tell you a secret: we're not uneducated. We're not desperate.
I'd said the election of this Pope isn't targeting Latin America or at least, not particulary.
Finally, I keep surprising myself there's still people attached to this kind of medieval... things.