Pope Francis ( born 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III. He was Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the eldest of five children from Mario José Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori.. He was inspired to join the Jesuits in 1958 after recovering from severe illness. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969; from 1973 to 1979, he was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He led the Argentine Church during the December 2001 riots in Argentina; the administrations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner considered him to be a political rival.

Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013, a papal conclave elected Bergoglio as his successor on 13 March 2013 at 7:06 PM (Elected as pope, named Franciscus I). He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. He is known for having a less formal approach to the papacy than his predecessors by, for instance, choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guest house rather than in the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace used by previous popes. Read full bio at wiki

Francis has made women full members of dicasteries in the Roman Curia. He maintains that the Catholic Church should be more sympathetic toward members of the LGBTQ+ community and has stated that while blessings of same-sex unions are not permitted, the individuals can be blessed as long as blessings are not given in a liturgical context. Francis is a critic of unbridled capitalism, consumerism, and overdevelopment; he has made action on climate change a leading focus of his papacy. He is widely interpreted as denouncing the death penalty as intrinsically evil, stating that the Catholic Church is committed to its abolition. In international diplomacy, Francis has criticized the rise of right-wing populism, called for the decriminalization of homosexuality, helped to restore full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, negotiated a deal with China to define how much influence the Communist Party has in appointing Chinese bishops, and has supported the cause of refugees. In 2022, he apologized for the Church’s role in the “cultural genocide” of the Canadian Indigenous peoples. On 4 October 2023, Francis convened the beginnings of the Synod on Synodality which was described as the culmination of his papacy and the most important event in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council.

Illness –
The pope has suffered from chronic lung damage, due in part to the lung excision he had as a young man.  He has been prone to bouts of influenza and bronchitis in the winter. Knee problems and sciatica have prompted him to frequently use a wheelchair and since June 2022 treatment to his knee he is on wheelchair. In March 2023, Francis was hospitalized in Rome with a respiratory infection. On 14 February 2025, he was hospitalized due to bronchitis, his health improved a bit but started deteriorating. As of on 21 February 2025, he is critical.

Birth Chart of Pope Francis –
Birth date and time –
born on17 December 1936 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
PlaceBuenos Aires, Argentina
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