On the buzz lines:
The first southern pope
…It is as the world’s largest membership organisation that the church has its biggest role. It makes its 1.2 billion people—rich and poor, of all ages and conditions—feel that they are part of some sort of larger world order; that even in the poorest and most benighted country, their hopes and fears count and that someone in authority is listening to them. For this last reason alone, Francis is an earthquake … http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573563-pope-francis-inherits-mess-has-great-opportunities-he-will-need-act-quickly-first
Pope Francis: 20 things you didn’t know
He’s had a girlfriend, he loves the tango, and at one point he worked as a bouncer… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/9931413/pope-francis-20-things-you-didnt-know.html
POPE FRANCIS AND THE DIRTY WAR
The new Pope, Francis the Humble, as he perhaps would like to be known, is an Argentine with a cloudy past. This in itself is not an offense but, rather, is in keeping with a religious institution that has long been marked by secrecy. From the smoke signals with which the papal conclave makes the fact, if not the process …http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/03/pope-francis-jorge-bergoglio-argentina-dirty-war.html#ixzz2NaforqhN‘I was Pope Francis’s childhood love,’ claims Argentinian woman
A woman who claims she was the childhood sweetheart of Pope Francis said… http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/15/pope-francis-childhood-love-woman
Falkland Islands Catholics want new pope to visit them
Catholics on the Falkland Islands want the new Argentinian pope to visit the territory, according to a Brazilian newspaper…. “We are very happy, it is great having a new pope. In a few months it will not matter where he’s from, …says McPartland … During the Falklands war, McPartland negotiated with the Argentinian troops to continue giving mass in English. The 300-strong congregation of St Mary’s includes 29 Catholics with dual British-Argentinian nationality. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/15/falkland-catholics-want-pope-to-visitJorge Mario Bergoglio: First Latin American, first Jesuit and first Pope Francis to lead the world’s Catholics …He had told a crowd of some 100,000 people packed in rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square just after his election that he intended to pray to the Madonna “that she may watch over all of Rome.” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jorge-mario-bergoglio-first-latin-american-first-jesuit-and-first-pope-francis-to-lead-the-worlds-catholics-8532365.html Who is Pope Francis? (Vatican Radio) The man elected to be the 265th Successor of Saint Peter in the conclave, is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite. He was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires. He was ordained … http://www.news.va/en/news/who-is-pope-francis
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