We have a POPE!!!!

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Named for Francis of Assisi or Francis Xavier or both? (although in Italy “everyone” understood it as Assisi)
 
Is anyone else excited about his commitment to work for peace and the poor?

I find that we often overlook goals like peace and caring for the poor here on CAF. There was even one thread where posters were arguing that war is inevitable, let’s not even try to prevent it…
 
9 Things You Should Know About Pope Francis
Early today, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina was elected as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Here are nine things you should know about Pope Francis.
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  1. Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires in 1936. His father was an Italian immigrant
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  1. He’s the first pope from South America. The only remaining continents that have never had a pope come from their lands are Australia, Antarctica, and North America.
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  1. He’s the first Jesuit pope.
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  1. He only has one lung. His other lung was removed due to infection when he was a teenager
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  1. Bergoglio is known for his personal simplicity. In Argentina he lived in a simple apartment rather than the archbishop’s palace, cooked his own meals, and gave up his chauffeured limousine in favor of taking the bus to work.
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  1. In 2010, when Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage, Bergoglio encouraged clergy across the country to tell Catholics to protest against the legislation because, if enacted, it could “seriously injure the family” and that gay adoption would be “depriving (children) of the human growth that God wanted them given by a father and a mother.”
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  1. He studied and received a master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, but later decided to become a Jesuit priest and studied liberal arts at the Catholic seminary in Santiago, Chile.
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  1. At the age of 76, Francis is the ninth oldest pope of those elected after 1295. (Benedict, who was elected at the age of 78, was fifth oldest.)
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  1. Last year, Bergoglio compared Catholic priests who refused to baptize the children of unwed mothers to the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. “These are today’s hypocrites. Those who clericalize the Church,” he said, adding, “Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.”
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Tampa_Dave said:
Google the two words “Jesuit” and “liberal” and read the ensuing mass of information. Theoretically, I share your concerns, but remain faithful to the idea that Pope Francis’ election was truly guided by the Holy Spirit.
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Yes, I know. Thankfully, the links/articles on this forum is helping me come to my senses. Please keep them coming!
 
Oh I’m very pleased with what he has said, and what we know of his views. My concerns are more over priorities…from what I’ve heard, he isn’t much of one for the doctrinal or political side of things.
 
I was wondering if dissenting Jesuit theologians would publicly speak negatively about one of their own…
 
Pope Francis I. What a great name to choose. It means Freedom.

God bless Pope Francis I and may he always be at the pope’s side to guide him and the church with truth, love and wisdom.
 
mburn16 said:
My question (or fear) is this:

Is a 76 year old man with one lung, best known for kissing and washing the feet of AIDS patients, the kind of man who is willing and able to go into battle against the sin and immorality of an increasingly secular western society?
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Think you answered your own question there.
 
JimO said:
White smoke!!!
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Woo hoo! Pope Francis I looks like he will be a good Pope. I was opting for Bruke to become Pope but it’s God will that Pope Francis I is the be the Pope. Habemus Papam!
 
Pope Francis will be an excellent Pope! So excited for him and the church!
 
Geist said:
Think you answered your own question there.
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Hence the fear…this sounds to me like a man who wants to spend his time pilgrimaging to Africa and India to support the poor and not one who has much interest in shaming the errant members of Western congregations into returning to Orthodoxy. Not that we should be supporting the poor (particularly the truly poor we find outside of developed nations)…only that I think combatting the sin and immorality is more pressing.
 
Statement from Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM, Cap. On the election of the election of Pope Francis I
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I join my brother Cardinals in giving thanks to God for the election of Pope Francis I, the 266th successor of St. Peter and Vicar of Christ. The clergy, religious and laity of the Archdiocese of Boston celebrate this blessing for the Church.
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At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus commissioned St. Peter the rock upon which the Church would be built. Pope Francis continues that mission in an increasingly secular culture, where many people have not come to know or have forgotten that Jesus is our Savior and Redeemer. The world will greatly benefit from Pope Francis witnessing Jesus’ call for us to love God and love one another. We pledge our faithful support for the Holy Father as he leads the Church in proclaiming the New Evangelization, inviting all people to a develop a closer relationship with Christ and to share that gift with others.
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May God grant Pope Francis the grace and strength to lead the worldwide community of more than one billion Catholics. The Holy Father has already shown us his deep humility in the invitation to pray with him, for him and for the Church. We pray that the Holy Spirit, who led us to choose the Holy Father, will guide him in witnessing the eternal truths of our faith.
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breitbart.com/big-peace/2013/03/13/francis-no-communion-abortion
In the Aparecida Document, a document that represents a joint statement by Latin American church leaders but presented by Francis in 2007, the leaders stated, “we should commit ourselves to ‘eucharistic coherence,’ that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive holy communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortions, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.”
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Francis is also anti-euthanasia: “Today,” he wrote, “elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society. The right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.”
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