We have a POPE!!!!

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I saw an online story that referred to St Francis as “the founder of monasticism” while one of the talking heads on TV declaimed “Forty percent of all Catholics – one in four – live in South America”. Huh?
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I believe that the 2nd is true. I hate it when people get monk and friar confused.:mad:
 
Pope Francis I was not really a front runner and I wonder what got him elected so quickly?
 
Wikipedia said early he has distanced himself from liebration theology; he has spoken out against redefining marriage in Argentina; affirmed Church teaching on homosexuality but to respect people who are homosexual; he has **invited **cardinals and laity to oppose abortion
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*Invited *???

It’s liberation theology, btw, 😉

The Jesuits were very instrumental in the '60’s in Latin America with the People’s Church and the Medellin (sp?) Conferences. John Paul II was ardently opposed as I remember and volumes have been written about it.
 
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Is that true? I am surprised CAF didn’t crash. In fact, I was waiting for my computer screen to go dark at any moment.
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Mine did, though that may have been having EWTN, Relevant Radio, CAF and Facebook on at one time today of all days. Blew my Firefox completely.:o
 
Let me say first God bless Pope Francis I. He is in my prayers and all Catholics should be obediant to him. Now I don’t know a lot, but I have always heard many different things about the Jesuits, including that they were once suppressed.

My question to my more knowledgable brothers and sisters is this: How might Pope Francis’ Jesuit formation and background affect his world view and consequently his Papacy? Is he a supporter of the Latin Mass being made available to the laity?

I really don’t much at all and I ask this question in charity and somewhat in ignorance. I would like to hear what others have to say!

And again, God bless the new Pope!
 
New Pope, Francis I, Known As Humble Man With A Focus On Social Outreach

Abp. Chaput on New Pope: “A Man from the heartland of the Global Church”
Archbishop Charles Chaput released this statement on the election of our new Holy Father:
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I first met our new Holy Father at Rome’s 1997 Synod for America, and still have a gift from him, a portrait of Mary, the mother of Jesus, on my desk.
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Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Bergoglio, is a man from the new heartland of the global Church; a priest of extraordinary intellectual and cultural strengths; a man deeply engaged in the issues of contemporary life and able to speak to the modern heart; open to the new realities the Church faces; and rooted in a deep love of Jesus Christ. He is a wonderful choice; a pastor God sends not just to the Church but to every person of good will who honestly yearns for justice, peace and human dignity in our time. May God grant him courage and joy, and sustain him with his divine presence.
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And may Catholics in Philadelphia and around the world lift him up with our prayers.
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Cardinal Bergoglio has had a growing reputation as a very spiritual man with a talent for pastoral leadership serving in a region with the largest number of the world’s Catholics.
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Since 1998, he has been archbishop of Buenos Aires, where his style is low-key and close to the people.
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He rides the bus, visits the poor, lives in a simple apartment and cooks his own meals. To many in Buenos Aires, he is known simply as “Father Jorge.”
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He also has created new parishes, restructured the administrative offices, led pro-life initiatives and started new pastoral programs, such as a commission for divorcees. He co-presided over the 2001 Synod of Bishops and was elected to the synod council, so he is well-known to the world’s bishops.
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The cardinal has also written books on spirituality and meditation and has been outspoken against abortion and same-sex marriages.
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In 2010, when Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage, Cardinal Bergoglio encouraged clergy across the country to tell Catholics to protest against the legislation because, if enacted, it could “seriously injure the family,” he said.
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He also said adoption by same-sex couples would result in “depriving (children) of the human growth that God wanted them given by a father and a mother.”
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In 2006, he criticized an Argentine proposal to legalize abortion under certain circumstances as part of a wide-ranging legal reform. He accused the government of lacking respect for the values held by the majority of Argentines and of trying to convince the Catholic Church “to waver in our defense of the dignity of the person.”
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His role often forced him to speak publicly about the economic, social and political problems facing his country. His homilies and speeches are filled with references to the fact that all people are brothers and sisters and that the church and the country need to do what they can to make sure that everyone feels welcome, respected and cared for.
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While not overtly political, Cardinal Bergoglio has not tried to hide the political and social impact of the Gospel message, particularly in a country still recovering from a serious economic crisis.
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Since becoming archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, Cardinal Bergoglio has created new parishes, restructured the administrative offices, taken personal care of the seminary and started new pastoral projects, such as the commission for divorcees. He has mediated in almost all social or political conflicts in the city; the newly ordained priests are described as “the Bergoglio generation”; and no political or social figure misses requesting a private encounter with him.
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todayscatholicnews.org/2013/03/argentine-cardinal-bergoglio-elected-pope-takes-name-francis
 
A lot of news agencies are reporting that he is the first non-white pope. However, when I look at him I see a white pope. Is he considered non-white because of being from Argentina? Or was his mother of non-Italian descent (since it appears that his father was Italian)?

Very interested in reading more about our new pope!
 
traillius said:
Vive Il Papa!

I don’t know as much as I should about the main tenets of jesuits. Can someone fill me in, briefly.
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Jesuit live as communities. At our school there are about 7 priests and brothers who:thumbsup:t live in the middle of the school in a very small residence and small dorm rooms. They live, work, teach, and pray together as a community.

They are highly educated and are known as teachers all over the world.

They take vows or poverty and humility, so for those of us raised by the Jesuit, this is quite a shock, but I truly think God was fully behind this decision and knew what the church needed.

I expect this Pope to be kind, compassionate, forgiving and soft, but speak his mind when needed. The Jesuit are just so wonderful.
 
I pray that Pope Francis l is Pope for many, many years and remains healthy as some of the news people have brought up his age, but God wanted Pope Francis l to be Pope at this point in history for a reason
 
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