Papa Francesco Jorge Mario Bergoglio – Signed Official Photo – Autografia COA

Pope Francis, in Latin Franciscus PP., in Spanish Francisco, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Buenos Aires, 17 December 1936), has been, since 13 March 2013, the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome, 8th Sovereign of the State of the City of the Vatican, Primate of Italy, in addition to the other titles of the Roman Pontiff. Of Argentine citizenship, he is the first pope from the American continent. He belongs to the regular clerics of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and is the first pontiff from this religious order. In 2018, Forbes magazine ranked him as the sixth most powerful man in the world.