Pope Francis has been the Pope of the Catholic Church since March 13, 2013. Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1969. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Devoted to rectifying social injustices and economic inequality, Pope Francis has said that he “would like to see a church that is poor and is for the poor.”
