THE POPE FRANCISCO
BIOGRAPHY
The Pope Francisco or Jorge Mario
Bergoglio has been the first Latin American Pope of the Catholic Church since
March 13th, 2013 and he has become in one of the most beloved and admired Popes,
for his humility, simplicity and actions with the poorest and needy.
By the time the Pope was 21, he had
already decided to become a priest, and since then, he has been living just
with a lung due to a surgery he was subjected to.
The Pope is really a prepared and
studied person. He first graduated as a chemical technician, and then he
studied philosophy and humanities. Also, he was a literature and psychology
teacher, and later he devoted to theology. Additionally, the Pope Francisco can
speak 6 languages; his native Spanish, and also Latin, Italian, German, French
and English.
Francisco has constantly been showing
his great humility since the moment that he rejected a luxurious car in which
he should be transported. Instead he preferred a humble Renault 4 that was a
friend’s gift, and he refused to live in the elegant apartment where have lived
all pontiffs since 1903.
In addition, the Pope auctioned his Harley
Davidson to afford a hostel for the poor in Rome. He also invited homeless to celebrate
his birthday dinner instead of making a big and expensive event.
Furthermore, when a new Pope is elected,
employees receive a bonus Vatican. After his election, the Pope Francisco
requested that the extra money was given directly to charity and not to employees.
Also, it has recently known that the
Pope has been escaping the Vatican at night dressed as a common priest to feed the
homeless.
For these and many
other reasons the Pope is the person who I most admire. For his idea about the
church is "Poor and for the poor"
By Beatriz Elena
Betancur Gallón
Course Monday - Wednesday 6:20
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