Reposted by Denise Walsh
Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires. Later, as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he elevated the causes of migrants and the disenfranchised, and pushed the church to more forcefully confront its own history of scandal. Here is a timeline of his life.
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A Timeline of the Life of Pope Francis
Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming church.
