The Pope Francis Effect

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On the twenty-eighth of February 2013, Pope Benedict the Sixteenth resigned from his position as the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Following his resignation, on March thirteenth, the subsequent papal conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the position of Pope of the Catholic Church (Usccb). Ever since his inauguration into office, Pope Francis the first, since he is the first Pope to take upon himself the name of Francis, has had a major effect on the Church and the world as a whole. He has affected the lives and faith of more than just those involved with the Church but also worldly people. His effect was so tremendous that he was named Time Magazine’s Person of the year 2013.
He was conceived in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, the child of Italian workers. His father Mario was a bookkeeper utilized by the Railway and his mother Regina Sivori was a dedicated wife committed to raising their five kids. He graduated as a substance professional and after that picked the way of the organization, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. On eleventh March 1958 he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. He finished his investigations of the humanities in Chile and came back to Argentina in 1963 to graduate with a degree in logic from the Colegio de San José in San Miguel. From 1964 to 1965 he taught writing and brain research at Immaculate Conception College in Santa Fé and in 1966 he taught the same subject at the Colegio del Salvatore in Buenos Aires. From 1967-70 he concentrated on religious philosophy and got a degree from the Colegio of San José (Vatican). Before he became involved in the Papal way of life he was a bar bouncer and a janitor. He was also a chemist running tests in a chemical laborat...

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...ians but also in the lives of Atheists and people of other religions. He said that the Kingdom of God is for everyone since the blood of Jesus has redeemed us all (Relevant Magazine). He was also swift to fire a Bishop abusing his power. Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, also known as “Bishop Bling”, is a German Bishop who spent approximately $42.7 million dollars on a house. Pope Francis quickly suspended the bishop and sent him to live in a monastery while making plans to turn his elegant mansion into a soup kitchen for the poor (GMAnetwork). This shows that he would not let even those who work for him abuse Church power. He continually states that since he came from a poor home, he would not let the poor suffer when he can help which is exactly what he is gradually doing.

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