On March 13, 2013 at 7:06 p.m., the chimney of the Sistine Chapel finally released white smoke. An hour later, from the balconies of the Episcopal Holy See, the new head of the Catholic Church is announced. The person responsible for announcing the news was Jean-Louis Tauran, a French cardinal and a long-time figurehead of Vatican politics, particularly in his capacity as “minister” of Foreign Affairs to John Paul II. In a trembling voice, he says “habemus papam” and reads the name of the new pope in Latin: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76-year-old Argentinian (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (Peter Macdiarmid/)“I was going to announce his name in St. Peter’s Square and I was like ‘how are people going to react?’ because he had already surprised the cardinals,” explained Tauran, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease and died on June 6, 2018 at the age of 76. He had defined him as “a simple, intelligent man with a fantastic memory and composure” (REUTERS / Tony Gentile) (TONY GENTILE /)After Tauran’s words, Bergoglio appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica before a crowd that cheered him for the first time as a Francis. He granted the ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing and gave a speech that lasted less than twelve minutes (REUTERS/Paul Hanna) (PAUL HANNA/)“Brothers and sisters, hello. You know that the duty of a conclave is to give a bishop to Rome and it seems that my brother cardinals have gone to look for him at the end of the world, but we are already there,” were the first words of his sermon (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini) (STEFANO RELLANDINI/)At the end of the “urbi et orbi” benediction, Francis took off his stole, listened to the hymns of the Vatican and of Italy and again addressed the crowd: “Pray for me. See you soon. Tomorrow I want to go pray to Our Lady. Good night and rest well.” Then he retired from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica (REUTERS/Osservatore Romano Vatican Media) (VATICAN MEDIA/)Francisco decided to live in the “Domus Sancta Marthae” (House of Santa Marta) instead of the luxurious Pontifical Palace, because he is a Jesuit and his life is marked by austerity. The complex was originally built for people with cholera during the epidemic that hit Rome in 1881 during the pontificate of Leo XIII (Andreas SOLARO / AFP) Francis renounced all the red components of the traditional habit of the Holy Father: the hood, the shoes and the pastoral stole. He prefers to wear all white. It is a dress, simple without too many ornaments. Pope Francis shows that he has tried to keep it as simple as possible, close to the reality of “mere mortals” and as far as possible from palaces and protocols Francisico likes being around ordinary people and not living in an ivory tower. It has no butlers or servants. Nor private secretaries. He gets up at 4:45 a.m., dresses and shaves only because “it’s a personal matter”. After mass, have breakfast in the dining room, which is the breakfast room style of any budget hotel. You don’t have a reserved table (Getty Images)On his first Maundy Thursday, just two weeks after being elected the new head of the Catholic Church, he visited a prison in Casal del Marmo, Rome, where he washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates in sign of love and service. . He repeated this ceremony every year of his pontificate, except for 2020 and 2021, the most affected by the pandemic (Getty)His first trip out of Rome was to Lampedusa on July 8, 2013. The place represented a sketch of the style of his pontificate: a small island in the Mediterranean, affected by immigration. There, Francis denounced the ‘globalization of indifference’ for the first time (Getty)Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro in July 2013, a trip that had actually been planned for Benedict XVI before his resignation. He visited the country with the most Catholics in the world for a week to participate in World Youth Day (Grosbygroup)His first international trip was to Latin America, to match his trait as the first Latin American pope. He chose Brazil, the country with the most Catholics in the world. It was a trip to, in his words, “meet the young people” (Grosbygroup)On January 19, 2015, the pope celebrated in the Philippines the largest mass in history, according to some documents. It is assumed that in the massive mass in Rizal Park in Manila, there were between 6 and 7 million worshipers (Grosbygroup)During his 2016 tour of Poland, the pope visited the camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, where he spent almost two hours visiting Nazi extermination sites. He preferred his tour to be done in silence, so he did not give a speech. In the guestbook, he wrote: “Lord, have mercy on your people. Lord, sorry for so much cruelty” (Reuters) (REUTERS/)The Sovereign Pontiff was present in the Colombian cities of Bogotá, Medellín, Villavicencio and Cartagena for five days, from September 6 to 10, 2017. A few months had passed since the signing of the definitive peace agreement between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian state. , during the announcement of the visit of Francisco, who called for peace, unity, justice and reconciliation (AFP PHOTO / John Vizcaino) (AFP /)Pope Francis waves before leaving after the weekly general audience, in the courtyard of San Damaso, at the Vatican, on May 19, 2021 (REUTERS/Yara Nardi) (Yara Nardi/)Pope Francis kisses a child during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023 (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane) (GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/)Pope Francis celebrates the weekly general audience at the Vatican on February 15, 2023 (Reuters) (VATICAN MEDIA/)One of the first Masses during the coronavirus pandemic, Francis alone to preserve his health (Getty)Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square during an extraordinary “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and to the world) blessing, normally granted only at Christmas and Easter, in response to the global coronavirus disease pandemic ( COVID-19), in the Vatican, March 27, 2020 (REUTERS/Yara Nardi) (Yara Nardi/)Pope Francis, left, kisses Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, June 28, 2017. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, Pope Francis said he didn’t even considered regulating future papal resignations and says he plans to continue as bishop of Rome for as long as he can despite a wave of attacks against him by some high-ranking cardinals and bishops (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP, File)Pope Francis presides over the funeral ceremonies of former Pope Benedict, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, January 5, 2023 (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach) (KAI PFAFFENBACH/)Pope Francis greets people during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023 (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane) (GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/)Pope Francis holds a Ukrainian flag during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of that country (Reuters) (VATICAN MEDIA/)Pope Francis greets people during mass at the John Garang Mausoleum, during his apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 5, 2023 (REUTERS/Yara Nardi) (YARA NARDI/)Pope Francis salutes during the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, February 19, 2023 (Reuters) (VATICAN MEDIA /)
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