Pope Francis turns 84 today
Wanted in Rome 17 Dec, 2020 Born in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, the son of Italian emigrants, Jorge Mario Bergoglio celebrates his birthday at the Vatican by going about his ordinary life. His advanced age does not prevent him from leading the Church with firmness and an agenda always full of commitments and projects. For example, next Monday he will give his scheduled speech to the Roman Curia (the administrative arm of the Holy See), that he has tried to make less a "court of the King" and more of a service agency. Next March, he will leave for Iraq, a trip that promises to ...