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His Holiness '''Pope Francis''' (formerly '''Jorge Mario Bergoglio''', born December 17, 1936, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) became the [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on March 13, 2013. Pope Francis, elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff, is the first Jesuit and the first Latin American pope; First non-European pope in 1300 years. He succeeded Pope [[Benedict XVI]], to whom he was reportedly the runner-up in the papal election of 2005. <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-bergoglio-idUSBRE92C15X20130313</ref> Archbishop Bergoglio was created a cardinal by the late [[Pope John Paul II]].
His Holiness '''Pope Francis''' (formerly '''Jorge Mario Bergoglio''', born December 17, 1936, in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) became the [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] on March 13, 2013. Pope Francis, elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff, is the first Jesuit and the first Latin American pope; First non-European pope in 1300 years. He succeeded Pope [[Benedict XVI]], to whom he was reportedly the runner-up in the papal election of 2005. <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-bergoglio-idUSBRE92C15X20130313</ref> Archbishop Bergoglio was created a cardinal by the late [[Pope John Paul II]].
Pope Francis understands the harm posed by the [[homosexual agenda]], and has even spoken of the need to expel the "[[gay lobby]]" from the [[Vatican]].
Pope Francis understands the harm posed by the [[homosexual agenda]], and has even acknowledged the presence of a "[[gay lobby]]" in the [[Vatican]] that he seemed to suggest operated from corrupt motives.<ref>Giraldi, Philip (June 18, 2013). [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-pope-francis-meant-by-the-vaticans-gay-lobby/ "Pope Francis and the Vatican's 'gay lobby'"]. The American Conservative website.</ref>
Pope Francis is also set to sign a treaty that includes a provision that will recognize [[Palestine]] as a state <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/world/middleeast/vatican-to-recognize-palestinian-state-in-new-treaty.html?_r=0</ref>.
Pope Francis is also set to sign a treaty that includes a provision that will recognize [[Palestine]] as a state <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/world/middleeast/vatican-to-recognize-palestinian-state-in-new-treaty.html?_r=0</ref>.