Pope Francis staged a church for the poor

"Take care of the socially disadvantaged, the poor, the unemployed, the homeless..." Audience of the Christian-Marxist dialogue initiative DIALOP at Pope Francis on 10 January 2024. In the picture with the Pope: Franz Kronreif (left) and Walter Baier. A contribution by Walter Baier to the death of Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ, 1936-2025 Peace for Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine and worldwide – these were the last public words that the Po…

As newly elected pope, Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1936–2025) made history before he had even performed a single act in office: he was the first non-European pope in almost 1,300 years, the first Jesuit in the papacy, and the first pope from the Americas in history. The phenomenon that the world witnessed was in many ways far greater than the person designated by the College of Cardinals.