When the new pope stepped out onto the balcony on March 13, 2013, nobody ever imagined how this man in simple white vestments would change our world. This new pope who would soon capture the world’s attention is Jorge Mario Bergoglio who took the name Pope Francis, of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Jesuit pope from Latin America in more than over 1,000 years. Pope Francis has had a liberal attitude towards traditionally marginalized or excluded people including homosexuals; however, he has not clearly included transgendered people or those with mental illness in the new openness. “Today, in schools they are teaching this to children — to children! — that everyone can choose their gender,” he said, according, to a transcript
