Pope Francis, whose full name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is currently the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936 to Mario Jose Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori. Francis was the first Pope ever to come from the Americas, as his hometown was Buenos Aires, Argentina, so this makes him the first non-European Pope in over a thousand years. In childhood this Pope overcame a serious and almost fatal problem. Francis had to have a lung removed at a young age due to a serious infection. After finishing and graduating from high school, Bergoglio enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, where he eventually earned a master's degree in chemistry and worked briefly as a chemical technician and nightclub bouncer before deciding to go to seminary. Bergoglio began his education at the Jesuit seminary of Villa Devoto and entered the Society of Jesus in March 1958. He continued, after his seminary studies, to attend the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy and a doctorate in Philosophy. doctrine in th...