<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa muBuenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio akashanda kwenguva yakati somurindi uye muchengeti wemba achiri jaya asati adzidzira kuva nyanzvi yemakemikari uye kushanda somuchina murabhoritari yesayenzi yezvokudya. Apora kubva pakurwara kwakakomba, akafuridzirwa kubatana neSosaiti yaJesu vaJesuit muna 1958. Akagadzwa kuva muprista weKaturike muna 1969, uye kubva muna 1973 kusvika muna 1979 akanga ari mukuru wedunhu wevaJesuit muArgentina. Akava bhishopi mukuru weBuenos Aires muna 1998 uye akagadzwa kuva kardinari muna 2001 naPapa John Paul II. Akatungamirira Chechi yeArgentina mukati memhirizhonga yaDecember 2001 muArgentina. Hurumende dzaNéstor Kirchner naCristina Fernández de Kirchner dzakamutora somunhu aipikisana naye mune zvematongerwe enyika. Kutevera kusiya basa kwaPope Benedict XVI musi wa 28 Kukadzi 2013,  <response>: Musangano wapapa wakasarudza Bergoglio somutsivi wake musi wa 13 March. Akasarudza Francis sezita rake rapapa mukukudza Saint Francis weAssisi. Muhupenyu hwake hwose hwepachena, Francis ave achizivikanwa nokuda kwokuzvininipisa kwake, kusimbisa ngoni dzaMwari, kuoneka kwenyika yose saPapa, kunetseka nokuda kwevarombo uye kuzvipira ku. Anonzi akanga asina tsika yokuva papa sezvaiita vamwe vanapapa vakamutangira, somuenzaniso akasarudza kugara muDomus Sanctae Marthae pane kugara muzvivako zvepapa zveApostolic Palace zvaishandiswa nemapapa ekare. 