1. His real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

2. He is 76-years-old.

3. He is an Argentinian.

4. He is the first Jesuit priest to become Pope.

5. He is the first Latin American to become Pope.

6. He was the runner-up during the last conclave that elected Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

7. He is a conservative on biblical principles of marriage .He describes other un natural forms of marriage as  a “destructive attack on God’s plan.” He was a fierce opponent of Argentina’s decision to unnatural  marriage in 2010, arguing children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother.

8. Though conservative, he has criticised priests who refuse to baptize babies born to single mothers.

9. He also believes condom use can prevent  disease.

10. He is well known for his austere outlook to life. He is famed for taking a bus to work every day in his native Argentina, giving up his driver and official limousine.

11. His austere outlook towards life explains his choice of Francis as his papal name. Francis Assisi, who he is named after, is a popular Catholic saint who lived humbly and gave possession away to the poor.

12. When he was made a cardinal, he persuaded hundreds of Argentinians not to fly to Rome to celebrate with him but instead to give the money they would have spent on plane tickets to the poor.

13. In 2001, during a visit to a hospice, he washed and kissed the feet of 12 AIDS patients.

14. He is respected for his intellectual prowess.

15. He is an anti-corruption­ crusader. He has also accused Argentina’s government of not doing enough to eradicate poverty.

16. He has lived for more than 20 years with one functioning lung. He had one of his lungs removed because of an infection, according to the Associated Press.

"Obviously, this was a success because here he is at age 76," said Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. "So whatever they did got him over that precarious period."

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