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CATHOLIC
Church in PNGSI
Pope Francis
Bishop of Rome
226th successor of St Peter
Francis, also called Francis I, original name Jorge Mario Bergoglio, (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina), the bishop of Rome and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church (2013– ).
He was the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuitorder.
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