"Francis" . In Latin "Franciscus" . Secular name Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Italian-Argentine , was born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936. He is the two hundred and twenty-sixth (266th) pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As such, he is the head of state and the eighth sovereign of Vatican City. The Supreme Pontiff is a Jesuit, a member of the Society of Jesus, founded in Italy by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.
