Maria Josefa Colonel: A Pope of All

Jorge Mario Bergoglio captivated us from the beginning, by choosing a name that had never been used and, beyond honoring the Saint of Assisi for his radical renunciation of luxury and riches, he was able to choose others that also meant something to him, such as, for example, putting Clement XV and taking revenge on Clement XIV, who dissolved the Society of Jesus as a religious organization and stripped them of their goods.

In the early days after the election of Pope Francis, his friends who came from Buenos Aires to see him were amazed at the vitality and energy of the new pope. They wanted and admired him and, of course, were delighted with his election, but in the last stages of their service as archbishop they had the impression that he was less energetic and lively than in the past, perhaps because he was approaching the age of 75 years and, therefore, at the…

Francis was the first Pope in Latin America. He was born in Argentina and jokingly said that they were going to pick him up “at the end of the world”! Who will replace the “Pope of the Poor”?

Vicente Bokalic said that Francis was "a Pope who universalized the appointments." He will be one of 133 members to be elected by the new Pontiff.