VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday:
Background
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country’s murderous dictatorship from 1976-83. He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot.
Francis’ Firsts
— The first pope from the Americas.
— The first from the Jesuit order to be elected pope.
— The first to
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