<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UBergoglio wazalelwa eBuenos Aires, e-Argentina, futhi lapho esemusha wasebenza isikhashana njengomgcini wendlu nomgcini wendlu ngaphambi kokuba afunde ukuba ngusosayensi wamakhemikhali futhi asebenze njengomchwepheshe elabhorethri yezesayensi yokudla. Ngemva kokululama ekuguleni okunzima, waphefumulelwa ukuba ajoyine iNhlangano KaJesu amaJesuit ngo-1958. Wagcotshwa njengompristi ongumKatolika ngo-1969, futhi kusukela ngo-1973 kuya ku-1979 wayengumbusi wesifundazwe wamaJesuit e-Argentina. Waba umbhishobhi omkhulu waseBuenos Aires ngo - 1998 futhi wamiswa njengokhadinali ngo - 2001 uPapa John Paul II. Wahola iSonto lase-Argentina ngesikhathi semibhikisho kaDisemba 2001 e-Argentina. Abaphathi bakaNéstor Kirchner noCristina Fernández de Kirchner babembheka njengomphikisi wezombangazwe. Ngemuva kokuhoxa kukaPapa Benedict XVI ngomhlaka 28 kuFebhuwari 2013,  <response>: Ngo - March 13, i - papal conclave yakhetha uBergoglio ukuba abe umlandeli wayo. Wakhetha igama elithi Francis njengegama lakhe lopapa lokuhlonipha uSanta Francis waseAssisi. Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe yomphakathi, uFrancis ubelokhu ephawuleka ngokuthobeka kwakhe, ukugcizelela isihe sikaNkulunkulu, ukubonakala kwamazwe omhlaba njengopapa, ukukhathalela abampofu nokuzibophezela kwakhe. Uhlonishwa ngokuthi wayengenayo indlela ehlelekile yokuphatha ubuPapa kunabandulelayo, ngokwesibonelo wakhetha ukuhlala endlini yezivakashi iDomus Sanctae Marthae kunasezakhiweni zikaPapa e-Apostolic Palace ezazisetshenziswa opapa bangaphambilini. 