The Supreme Pontiff Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church
His Holiness Pope Francis
He was born in Flores Barrio of Buenos Aires in 17th December, 1936
Ordained Priest on December 13th, 1969
Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina from 1973 – 1979
Appointed Titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires on May 20, 1992
Consecrated a Bishop on June 27, 1992.
Appointed Co- Adjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires on June 3, 1997
Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina 1998 – 2013
Created and Proclaimed Cardinal on February 21, 2001
President of the Argentina Episcopal Conference 2005 – 2011
Elected the 266th Successor of St. Peter, March 13, 2013
2023 Pastoral Letter
“God offered a permanent solution to the mystery of suffering when he sent his beloved son to rescue humanity through his own suffering. Thus, Jesus has become an answer to the problem of human suffering. He took up the brutal suffering of the cross, endured it in his human nature but used his divine nature to turn all suffering into the path of glory and salvation.”
Archbishop Valerian Okeke “The Hour of Glory: Suffering in the Life of a Christian” Pastoral Letter 2023.”