In early 2014, he became the first pontiff to grace the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine and in 2015, released a music album "Wake Up!" Some Catholics urged Pope Clement VII to ban coffee, calling it “devil’s beverage.” After tasting the beverage, the Pope is said to have remarked that the drink was “… so delicious that it would be a sin to let only misbelievers drink it.” – Source, 7. He auctioned it for about $327,000 and the proceeds went to a soup kitchen and a hostel for the homeless in Rome. He used to work as a bar bouncer in Buenos Aires when he was younger. – Source, 17. Pope tasted it and hated it. 9 Things You Should Know About Pope Francis, Michael Miller: Pope Francis Says Human Person is at Center of Economy, Acton Institute’s Rev. – Source, 23. Pope Francis was once a nightclub bouncer. Being awarded with one of the five orders of knighthood by the pope allows you to enter the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome by horse.

The very surprised Pope Benedict XII was elected. He had two brothers and two sisters. – Source, 8. In Argentina he lived in a simple apartment rather than the archbishop’s palace, cooked his own meals, and gave up his chauffeured limousine in favor of taking the bus to work. Pope Francis was born on 17 th December 1936. – Source, 24. Pope Francis’ favorite virtue is love, as he revealed in an interview. (Pictured) Jorge Mario Bergoglio greets Pope John Paul II after being made a cardinal. Joe also serves as an editor at the The Gospel Coalition, a communications specialist for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. Pope Benedict XVI was accused of conspiracy to cover up sexual abuse in the United States, but at the Vatican’s request, president George W. Bush Granted him immunity from prosecution – Source, 21. He only has one lung. (Pictured) Pope Francis greets Simona Atzori, an Italian differently abled dancer, during a special audience with Paralympic athletes in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2014. The Seventh-day Adventist church teaches that the Anti-Christ will be the Pope, and the Catholic Church will cause the apocalypse. His other favorites include “Babette’s Feast” (movie), "The White Crucifixion" by Mark Chagall (painting) and his grandmother Rosa.

5. While LBJ received a stunning 15th century painting from Pope Paul VI, the pope himself received a foot high, bronze bust of Johnson’s head. He studied and received a master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, but later decided to become a Jesuit priest and studied liberal arts at the Catholic seminary in Santiago, Chile.

He studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires and then studied chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires. 8. Here are some interesting facts about him.

In the middle ages, cardinals would often vote for a random candidate on the first papal ballot in order to see how the other cardinals were leaning, but in 1334 this backfired when they all voted for the same person. He has his own set of emojis, called Popemoji. The Pope had to make a decree that Native Americans were “rational beings with souls” and not to be enslaved in 1537. Interestingly, another Francis is St Francis Xavier—the co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)—the other founder was St Ignatius. A 1920s anti-catholic mob, led by the Klan, became convinced the pope was on a train in Indiana. He did graduate as a chemical technician from the Escuela Técnica Industrial No. If a Catholic priest reveals anything someone confessed to him for any reason at all, he is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church and can only be forgiven by the Pope. – Source, 6. In 1950, Pope Pius XII confirmed there was no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, and that the Church supports the idea of theistic evolution. It has been reported that he sneaks out at night to meet with the homeless. 25 Francis is the Pope of many firsts. Francis is the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from South America. Five years ago today, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina was elected as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Afterwards, he praised the achievement by writing at length about the event. Joe Carter is a Senior Editor at the Acton Institute.

At the Vatican, Francis rejected the typical papal apartment for the less formal St. Martha’s House, where he lives among fellow priests. When he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he used to regularly venture out at night to talk to and eat with the poor. He was the first non-European pope in 1,000 years. He was born in Bueno Aires, Argentina. The world knows him as Francis, but his real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He speaks three languages – Spanish, Italian and German. Pope Francis is 83 years old. (Pictured) With Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes (R) as dancers perform after his arrival at the international airport in Asuncion, Paraguay, on July 10, 2015. Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1269, the election of the Pope took so long (3 years) that the city where the conclave was held, Viterbo, refused to send in anything except bread and water.

Apart from these, he can also manage some English and French. (Pictured) Pope Francis kisses the foot of a man as he performs the traditional washing of the feet during a visit to a center for disabled people as part of Holy Thursday on April 17, 2014, in Rome. These are but a few facts, but today we bring you 25 Interesting Facts About Pope Francis You Probably Didn’t Know. So they brought the beer to Rome for the Pope’s approval of the practice, but on the journey it went bad. His other lung was removed due to infection when he was a teenager. He is widely loved and admired for his humility and advocacy of humanitarian issues. He chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century monk known for his charity and kindness to animals. His father, an Italian immigrant, was an accountant and his mother was a homemaker. Francis is known for his personal simplicity. He opted not to live in the official papal residence in the Apostolic Palace. Pope Benedict XVI liked to fly his own helicopter as pope, but didn’t know how to drive a car. His father, an Italian immigrant, was an accountant and his mother was a homemaker. The Jesuits are currently considered to be very liberal but Pope Francis was one of the rare conservative members of the society. Pope Paul VI spent the night of July 20-21, 1969 watching the moon through a telescope of the Vatican Observatory during the first moon landing. Pope Pius XII, who is often criticized for not speaking forcefully against Hitler, supervised a rescue network which saved 860,000 Jewish lives, more than all the international agencies combined. (Pictured) The pope celebrating his 78th birthday in Vatican City. The Pope sometimes names a new cardinal without telling anyone, even the cardinal; occasionally, the Pope takes the secret to his grave. – Source, 15. KickassFacts - Fact Encyclopedia. He has also made it to TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential People, where former U.S. President Barack Obama wrote a short piece dedicated to him.

No prizes for guessing that he is a very intelligent man, but at the same time, his academic qualifications are exemplary. – Source, 5. Pope John Paul II once told Stephen Hawking to not study the beginning of the universe because it was the work of God. 1.

The pope has a background in chemistry, though his level of training is unclear.

He is widely loved and admired for his humility and advocacy of humanitarian issues. He is a big soccer fan, and Argentina’s Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is his favorite team.

– Source, 20. – Source, 25. Willie Davidson, the grandson of a Harley-Davidson co-founder, gifted a 1,584-cc motorbike to the Pope on the company’s 100th anniversary.

When the Nazis closed down the Polish universities and executed professors, surviving academics set up illegal “underground universities.” One of those educated by an underground university was future Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis is the first pope to reign with that title. – Source, Copyright © 2020. He is well-known for being connected with his followers and often surprises people who write to him with unexpected phone calls. Most of us know Pope Francis as the guy who travels in a bulletproof car, shakes hands and blesses members of the public as he goes along, but there’s more to him than meets the eye. He took the name “Francis” in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. He reportedly used to drive around the Vatican grounds in a 1984 Renault 4 that had 190,000 miles on the odometer when it was donated by a priest. (The only remaining continents that have never had a pope come from their lands are Australia, Antarctica, and North America.) – Source, 3. Chosen at the age of 76, Francis is the ninth oldest pope of those elected after 1295.

In his youth, Pope Francis enjoyed dancing the tango before discovering a "religious vocation.” On his birthday in 2014, tango enthusiasts danced on the Via della Conciliazione in front of St. Peter's Square, Rome. He was the TIME Person of the Year in 2013. Here are five facts you should know about Pope Francis on his fifth anniversary.

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