Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 at his residence in Santa Marta, where he advanced Vatican News.
He wanted to be known as Francisco’s first, in a real announcement of intentions. Until then, the Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergelio, became a surprise On March 13, 2013 at the beginning of Pope and Jesus in Latin America Thanks to the change of his name, San Francisco de Assis, the sponsor of the poor, honored the simple life. The Pope also considered a reformist and managed to change some things inside the church, but with the inner opposition and some failures.
Buenos Aires, born on December 17, 1936 in a family of Italian immigrants, reached 76 years in the bishop of Rome. 55 have passed since he confessed as a beginner in the Villa Devoto neighborhood, from the Jesuit ranking, But not before graduation as a chemical engineer. In 1969, in 43 years, he was appointed a priest.
In the same year He moved to Spain, where he was until 1972, To achieve the third of you Probaneded –The period that works to prepare young intellectual priests- at Alcal de Hennaris University in Madrid. He later worked as a professor of theology.
His great jump arrived in 1998, when he was appointed as the bishop of Boinos Aires, a position he gave him a great vision and made him the great reference of Catholicism in his country. He arrived at the Vatican from the hand of John Paul IIThe Cardinal appointed him in 2001. Since then, he was part of the various gatherings in the church government, although he continued the head of bishops in the Argentine capital.
To the second
2013 was not the first time to run as a back. In 2005, he was the second most vote behind Joseph RatzingerAlthough there are those who assert that on that occasion he refused to be potatoes. After eight years, Beneedict the sixteenth retirement Bergoglio was not among the most popular and unexpected d and so, so yes, the successor of 266 of the Messenger Peter became.
Over the course of the contract, Pontificate continued, and the modest and simplicity were distinguished by Francisco I. The decision to reside in the Santa Marta houseInstead at the Palace of the Apostolic Vatican -which potatoes use from Pius X in 1903 -, with the aim of searching for a “simple way of living” and calling “other priests”, according to the export of the Apostolic Chair Federico Lombardy.
In a moderate profile, the Pope was also closer to its predecessors. He was the lover of classic and tango authors, football fans and San Lorenzo de algro, Magazine Traded stone In 2013 And appointed the person before time.
controversial
However, he arrived from the criticism of his lack of severe condemnation of the terrible violations committed during the Argentine dictatorship of Gorge Rafael Vidella. His traditional mood took him The government of Nestor Kirchner faced a gay marriage project. Bergolio described as a “war against God” an initiative that is considering that homosexuals can marry and adopt children. “It is not a simple political conflict, it is the destructive claim of God’s plan,” he added.
In reality, His position on homosexuality was mysterious throughout his term. Just appointed: “If a person is gay and searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who is judged by? Civil unions between people of the same sex, but he refused to call them “marriages”.
Sizes
In the field of reforms, The Cardinal Council was established As one of his first actions. This member – who works as a consulting group of ink in the global church government – has formed to meet the needs of reform within Roman Korea – one of its great efforts – and a review of the reward of the Apostolic Constitution.
It was one of the first decisions adopted by Francisco Continue the battle against Sexual assault For minors Begined by the sixteenth Benedict. He agreed to establish a committee to protect minors against children, who witnessed the light in March 2014. It was a proposal from the Cardinals Council with the intention of confronting this taboo of the church. In the same year, he began receiving the victims of these attacks. In addition, in 2015, the first trial of this type of crime was held in the Vatican Court to judge a previous notice of the Dominican Republic, a process that will come after others. Recently, in 2022, it has cost an annual report on violations to the committee and called “transparency of the diocese”.
In this case, however, he also provided shadows. Although the church suspended the priests due to ill -treatment, the Pope’s participation in the funeral of the American Cardinal Bernard Francis, no symbol of children’s scandals in the Catholic Church was received after it covered the violations of children in Boston. Francisco chaired the funeral A few words occur.
He also took measures in the economic field. After the scandals that appeared during the 16th Pontef Benedict, in July 2013, he set a commission Collect all information on economic issues from the Holy See. In 2014, the Secretariat and the Council for Economics were established with the intention of coordinating policies in this regard. In 2015, there is Monsignor Lucio ánegel Vallejo Balda and Francesca Chaouqui Security – located at the time of investigation in monetary and administrative organizations – to present and publish documents.
Historical approach
Francisco tried Enhancing relations with leaders from other religious confessions. Already in the opening block of Pontificate, on March 19, 2013, Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartolomé I, an unusual event. Likewise, in February 2016, he became the first great priest to meet with the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill.
In 2019, he signed an agreement with the great imam of Al -Azhar, Ahmed Al -Qahla, The maximum personality from the Sunni branch of IslamIn 2021, he closed the department after he was in the holy city of Nawaf with the Great Ayat Ali Sistani, the head of the Shiite society of Iraq.
New rules for OPUS
Pope Francis also created this Opus Dei depends on the clergy group And not more than the group of bishops, until then. Thus, Opus Dei stopped being part of the hierarchical structure of the church as a diocese and was controlled directly from the clergy, such as other organizations. In this way, it was also necessary to submit an annual report on the state of prices and its Apostolic work.
The ink selects new rules for the OPUS Dei air conditioning with the new constitution for Vatican Curia, Expect the Bible. This was detailed in Moto Brubro (the papal document) entitled To make charisma (To protect charisma). This was forThe first changes for 40 years.
With this path, the death of Francisco leaves the unknown with the knowledge of his successor and If you will continue with your legacy.
