A Jesuit priest in New York City recalls witnessing Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio become Pope Francis. Posted: April 25, 2025 | Last updated: May 8, 2025.

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio greeting parishioners during the celebration of Saint Cajetan in Buenos Aires. ( AFP: Claudia Conteris ) In 2001, he was made a cardinal under Pope John Paul II.

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...

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.

However, it was taken in 2008, not 1998, and showed a young Francis, who was then known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, riding the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We thus rate this claim as ...

Pablo Leguizamon/AP In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was hailed with pride and wonder as the “first Latino pope ...