Before he became Pope Francis, he was known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The son of Italian immigrants, Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Argentina. Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a child.( ...

Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, brought with him the heart of a pastor and the clarity of a reformer. From that first moment, the papacy took on a different posture.

We're reformed sceptics, armed with raised eyebrows and a PhD in side-eye. But Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, pulled off a miracle — he made me feel. Not faith, let me clarify ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is pictured after being elected Pope, and stating he'll be known as Pope Francis on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio nació el 17 de diciembre de 1936 ... Se convirtió en arzobispo de Buenos Aires en 1998 y fue elevado a cardenal en 2001 por San Juan Pablo II. Fue elegido el 266º papa ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future pontiff was the oldest of five children born to the former Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco, Italian immigrants who raised the family in Buenos ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His papacy ended when he died on April 21, 2025. The worldwide spiritual ...

Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter’s basilica during the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part ...

At the time, Pope Francis was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The above photograph is authentic. However, it was taken in 2008, not 1998, and showed a young Francis, who was then known as ...

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