Pope Francis Facts
Pope Francis Facts
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Interesting Pope Francis Facts: |
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Pope Francis is the first of 266 popes to be a Jesuit pope. |
Pope Francis is the first of 266 popes to be from the Americas. |
Pope Francis is the first non-European to be made pope since 741, when the pope was Syrian Gregory III. |
Pope Francis fluently speaks Spanish, Latin, Italian, and is able to understand Ukrainian, English, German, and Portuguese. |
Pope Francis lives a life of humility. He rode the bus when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and lived in a simple apartment. He flew to Rome on economy class when he was elected as the Pope. |
When Pope Francis was a child he had to have a lung removed due to an infection, but he is in good health nonetheless. |
Pope Francis was a big fan of the tango in his pre-priest days. |
When he lived in Buenos Aires and prior to his priest days, Pope Francis worked as a bouncer in a bar. |
In 2005 the future Pope Francis was a runner-up to Pope Benedict XVI for the position of pope. |
Pope Francis uses Twitter to send messages to his followers. He is estimated to have about seven million followers on that social platform alone. His handle is @Pontifex. He is considered to be the most retweeted world leader. |
Pope Francis is a huge fan of football (or soccer depending on what country). |
Pope Francis is a citizen of Vatican, Italy, and of Argentina. |
Pope Francis lives in a small guest house in the Vatican rather than the apartments previous popes had used. |
In 2013, Time Magazine named Pope Francis 'Person of the Year'. |
Pope Francis has been known to make phone calls to some of the people who write to him. |
Pope Francis drives a used 1984 Renault to get around the grounds of the Vatican. |
Pope Francis has his own emojis, called Popemojis. |
Pope Francis is known to enjoy reading popular fiction including works by J.R.R. Tolkien. |
Pope Francis has been known to perform acts that Jesus is also said to have performed, including washing the feet of sinners. |
Pope Francis told his schoolgirl crush that if he didn't marry her he would become a priest, which he eventually did. |
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