Pope Francis

Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio asBishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphereand the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III, who died in 741. / Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /