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The year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of his episcopal ministry. He has always advised his priests to show mercy and apostolic courage and to keep their doors open to everyone.

And when he speaks of social justice, he calls people first of all to pick up the Catechism , to rediscover the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. Despite his reserved character — his official biography consists of only a few lines, at least until his appointment as Archbishop of Buenos Aires — he became a reference point because of the strong stances he took during the dramatic financial crisis that overwhelmed the country in He was born in Buenos Aires on 17 December , the son of Italian immigrants.

Francis of Assisi is known for his efforts to spread the faith and to revitalize the Church.

His father Mario was an accountant employed by the railways and his mother Regina Sivori was a committed wife dedicated to raising their five children. He graduated as a chemical technician and then chose the path of the priesthood, entering the Diocesan Seminary of Villa Devoto. On 11 March he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus.

On 31 July he was appointed Provincial of the Jesuits in Argentina, an office he held for six years. On 27 May he received episcopal ordination from the Cardinal in the cathedral.

On 21 June he was elected pope and took the name of Paul VI. Amid numerous challenges, he brought three periods of the Second Vatican Council to a successful conclusion, always .

He chose as his episcopal motto, miserando atque eligendo , and on his coat of arms inserted the ihs, the symbol of the Society of Jesus. He was immediately appointed Episcopal Vicar of the Flores district and on 21 December was also entrusted with the office of Vicar General of the Archdiocese. Thus it came as no surprise when, on 3 June , he was raised to the dignity of Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Not even nine months had passed when, upon the death of Cardinal Quarracino, he succeeded him on 28 February , as Archbishop, Primate of Argentina and Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who have no Ordinary of their own rite. He asked the faithful not to come to Rome to celebrate his creation as Cardinal but rather to donate to the poor what they would have spent on the journey.