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Pope Bendict anounces resignation
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Beginning of the new pope
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Main Purpose >:(
the Main Purpose of the article was to give us background information as to what type of person Pope Francis is. The authors pespective that he is trying to show is that Pope francis has a series of bad events but he still tries to conect with the catholic crowd -
start of conclave
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Jorge bergolio becomes Pope
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Main Idea 1: His name says Alot about him.
Jorge Bergolio, Chose to be named Pope Fancis because he wanted to Honor St. Francis of Assisi, an admirer of nature and a sevant to the poor. -
Prediction 1
Based on the explanation as to why he chose to be named Pope Francis, i believe that He has the type of personality who will focus more on reaching out to the people to help them grow in their faith. -
Main Idea 2: He's not actually the first Pope from outside Europe.
There have been other popes from Syria,Jerusalem,Bethlehem in the past. But The majority of the popes in modern times have been Italian. -
Prediction 2:
Now that we have a Latin American Pope, This could be a sign that The Papacy is stretching to outside of Europe. -
Prediction 3
He wants to be treated like one of the people, so he can be able to connect and have a natural bond with them. -
Main Idea 3: He's a Pope of the People
He's a normal Person. He chose to live in an apartment instead of the Archbishop's Palace. He takes Public Transportation in stead of a limousine. He broke tradition by telling the People to Pray for him before he gave his first blessing. -
Main Idea 4: He comes with A side of Controversy
PopeFrancis is against same-sex marriage and abortion, which is not surprising since the catholic church is also against it. He was accused of a two liberal jesuit priest kidnapping. -
Prediction 4
I think he will be more serious about some of the issue that he will have to confront. -
Prediction 5
based on all his traits I think he will be able to accomplish a lot during his time as Pope -
Main Idea 5: He faces a helm of challenges ahead.
He will have to find new ways to change he viewpoints in catholics. and have to find more ways on shifting the viewpoint of non-catholics. -
Citation!
Yan,H.(2013,March 14). 5 things to know about the new pope. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/world/pope-5-things/index.html/
