5 ways Pope Francis impacted the Catholic Church

TheVaticansaysPopeFrancishaspassedawaythedayaftermeetingVPVanceonEaster. PopeFranciswaselectedtothepapacyonMarch13,2013,attheageof76.Hehasnowpassedawayattheageof88.  BorninArgentinaasJorgeBergoglio,PopeFrancisjoinedtheSocietyofJesusattheageof21.Hewasordainedapriestdaysbeforehis33rdbirthdayandwasconsecratedasanauxiliarybishopofhishometownofBuenosAiresin1992.  In1998,hewasnamedtheArchbishopofBuenosAires,servinginthatroleuntilhiselectiontothepapacyin2013.HewaselevatedtotheCollegeofCardinalsin2001byPopeJohnPaulII–whomhewouldlatercanonize.  PHOTOGALLERY:POPEFRANCISTHROUGHTHEYEARS HerearefivewaysthepopeimpactedtheCatholicChurch. 1.Historicalfirsts PopeFranciswasthefirstJesuittobeelectedpope.  AJesuitisamemberoftheSocietyofJesus,areligiousorderfoundedbySt.IgnatiusLoyola.  Theworld’sfirstlookatPopeFrancis,shortlyafterhiselectiontothepapacyonMarch13,2013. (TonyGentile/Reuters) Francis’electionmarkedmanyotherfirsts.AnativeofArg