Pope Francis dies aged 88

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Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 December 1936.

The eldest of 5 kids, his dad and mom had fled their native Italy to flee the evils of fascism.

He loved tango dancing and have become a supporter of his native soccer membership, San Lorenzo.

He was fortunate to flee along with his life after a critical bout of pneumonia, present process an operation to take away a part of a lung. It could go away him inclined to an infection all through his life.

As an aged man he additionally suffered from ache in his proper knee, which he described as a “bodily humiliation”.

The younger Bergoglio labored as a nightclub bouncer and ground sweeper, earlier than graduating as a chemist.

At an area manufacturing unit, he labored intently with Esther Ballestrino, who campaigned in opposition to Argentina’s navy dictatorship. She was tortured, her physique by no means discovered.

He grew to become a Jesuit, studied philosophy and taught literature and psychology. Ordained a decade later, he gained swift promotion, changing into provincial superior for Argentina in 1973.