I Ask You to Pray for Me: Opening a Horizon of Hope
Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was born in Buenos Aires in 1936. He took his perpetual vows as a Jesuit in 1973, was made Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 & a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He was selected as pope at the March 2013 conclave following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.