Dull clocks sounded around the world, many tears flowed in Rome: the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, died at the age of 88. Jose Mario Bergoglio was considered modest and critical of the Curia. Many believers miss reforms.
Bell dumped in the eternal city. Believers pausing for prayer in churches and for the television screens. People who cry in the arms on Sint -Pietersplein: Pope Francis is dead! The Catholic Church must say goodbye to his head, Rome of his 266th bishop, the Vatican of the Head of the Government.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio closed his eyes forever at the age of 88. The official confirmation came from the Vatican: “We have to say with great sadness that the Holy Father has left us.”
Lung problems since his youth
Born in Argentin, he was since 2013 when his predecessor Benedictus XVI. Pope. He suffered from health problems for years and in his youth the upper part of the right lung wing had to be removed. In February 2024, the Pontifex had to be brought to the Gemelli clinic in Rome because of a polymic Robic airway infection and pneumonia.
Review of a turbulent life: Pope Franciscus was born on December 17, 1936 in the “Other End of the World”, in the Argentinian Buenos Aires. He was the first man in Weiß since the 8th century who did not come from Europe. The son of Italian emigrants initially completed an internship for chemical technology and worked as a bouncer and caregiver before he decided to become a priest at the age of 21.
Jesuits, Cardinal and at the age of 76
Boss in the Vatican in 1958 he joined the Jesuit order and initially studied humanities in Chile. After his return to Argentina, he devoted himself to studying philosophy and theology and received dedication in 1969. After years as an auxiliary bishop, bishop and archbishop, the poor pastor was appointed cardinal in 2001.
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That he after the resignation of Benedictus XVI. Nobody suspected: at 76 he just seemed to be Pontifex. Nevertheless, after various election courses, Bergoglio received the majority of the voices in the conclusions from 2013 and the thousands of believers welcomed in the basilica of St. Peter with the words “Buona Sera” (“Good Evening”). An unusual and trend setting gesture.
His name goes back to Franz van Assisi
The road with the unorthodox “inaugural speech”, the path of his pontificate seemed priced: Francis, whose papal name goes back to the “veterinary holy” Franz von Assisi, brought his work in the service of weaker social classes and marginal groups. Already as Bishop of Buenos Aires he had visited the poor district. Only on foot.
The struggle for more social justice accompanied the sometimes investigative man during his term of office in the Vatican. He visited homeless people, prisoners were humble his feet. Actions that his predecessors did not know.
“Dad Francesco” also abolished his modesty from most other church bosses: instead of moving to the apostolic palace, he stayed in the Vatican guest house. He did not exchange his iron pattern against a gold, his black orthopedic shoes against the papal red.
Pope put iron on dogmas of the church
The fact that he sometimes read Roman dignitaries and wanted to take the usual privileges and luxury in the Curia. Francis also fought bouquets with a reforming German bishops, which he gave sharp complaints several times. And many believers came across the hand of the pope with cases of abuse and his compliance with centuries -long dogmas.
Source: Krone
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