New Bishop of Rome is a humble intellectual

Brian Murphy and Michael Warren profile the man formally known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

New Bishop of Rome is a humble intellectual
Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Brian Murphy and Michael Warren

POPE FRANCIS I is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina’s conservative Catholic church.

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