Papa Francisco El Papa de Todos (2013)

Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the first Jesuit and Latin American cardinal to be consecrated Pope of the Catholic Church On March 13 2013 the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires and now Pope Francis makes history by being elected instead of Benedict XVI who abdicated his positionIn his first speech as Pope Francis humbly asked And now we begin this path Bishop and people A path of brotherhood love trust between us Let us always pray for us for each other Let us pray all over the world so that there may be great brotherhood And now I would like to give the blessing but I ask you a favor Before the bishop blesses the people I ask you to pray to the Lord to bless me The prayer of the people asking for the blessing for their bishop Let us silently make this prayer of you about me