Pope Francis said of Mary Magdalene – “at the time of tears and abandonment, she hears the Risen Jesus who…
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Pope Francis, born Jorge Margio Bergoglio (1936-) is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, the first to choose a name not used by a predecessor since Lando in 913 AD, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
Pope Francis said of Mary Magdalene – “at the time of tears and abandonment, she hears the Risen Jesus who…
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