Pope Francis made the initial appearance for his Inaugural Mass on board the Popemobile, as he greeted the thousands of pilgrims that flocked to St. Peter’s Square to see him officially take over the reins of the Vatican. The Popemobile took Pope Francis across the Square for a relatively short ride, amid loud applause and […]
The world’s 1.2 billion Catholics have a new leader. His name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, but he will be known henceforth as Pope Francis I. Bergoglio, the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires and a member of the largest Catholic order, the Jesuits, is the first pope from the new world. Born in Argentina to parents […]
