Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, …show more content…
It was on the second day of the assembly that Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Right from the beginning, Cardinal Bergoglio has defied the norms and formalities of the position. On March 16th, he stood in front of thousand of journalists and told them that he took the words spoken to him by Cardinal Hummes to hearts - ‘Don’t forget the poor’ - and thusly, chose to be named after St. Francis of Assisi, “the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation,” (“Pope Francis - Pope”). He had chosen the name because of his concern of the well being of the poor. It is the first time that a pope has been named