Jorge Bergoglio: Latin American Pope

Date added: 29/05/2020

JORGE BERGOGLIO: LATIN AMERICAN POPE

In Saint Peter’s Square:

“Buona sera.” “Good evening.”

From the ends of the world,

a friendly greeting, typical of Saint Francis.

Connecting identities:

Italian parentage, Argentine heritage;

Jesuit order, Franciscan humility.

In Buenos Aires:

limousine and palace were left on the wayside,

for bus and flat, with people on the wayside.

For the Conclave:

Latin America beckons,

and bequeaths a Pope.

In Rome:

periphery becomes central,

Papacy becomes simpler,

Curia become curiouser.

May Francis the First

open the windows of the Church

for fair winds of the Spirit.