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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<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/pope-francis-mario-bergoglio-election</ref>. 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 name="popesuccession">[https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-bergoglio-idUSBRE92C15X20130313 Reuters: ''Pope Succession'']</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<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/13/pope-francis-mario-bergoglio-election</ref>. Pope Francis, elected as 266th Roman Catholic pontiff, is the first Jesuit to be elected Pope, the first Pope from a Latin American country (where Catholicism is the predominant religion and where Catholicism is fast-growing) and the first Pope from the Southern Hemisphere as well as the 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 name="popesuccession">[https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/us-pope-succession-bergoglio-idUSBRE92C15X20130313 Reuters: ''Pope Succession'']</ref> Archbishop Bergoglio was created a cardinal by the late [[Pope John Paul II]].
Pope Francis is considered to be politically [[liberal]] on every issue except one: he is [[pro-life]]. Accordingly, the [[pro-abort]] media demands that he resign. He has called criticism from conservatives an "honor,"<ref>Multiple references:
Pope Francis is considered to be politically [[liberal]] on every issue except one: he is [[pro-life]]. Accordingly, the [[pro-abort]] media demands that he resign. He has called criticism from conservatives an "honor,"<ref>Multiple references: