Wednesday, March 13, 2013

FRANCESCO

Speranza

(March 2013)
Francis
Papacy began13 March 2013
PredecessorBenedict XVI
Orders
Ordination13 December 1969
by Ramón José Castellano
Consecration27 June 1992
by Antonio Quarracino
Created Cardinal21 February 2001
Personal details
Birth nameJorge Mario Bergoglio
Born(1936-12-17) 17 December 1936 (age 76)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentina,
Vatican City
Previous postAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1997)
Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998–2013)
Cardinal-Priest of St. Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013)
Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (1998–2013)
MottoMiserando atque eligendo
("With mercy and choosing")[1]
Coat of arms{{{coat_of_arms_alt}}}
Papal styles of
Pope Francis
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Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father
Francis (/ˈfrænsɨs/, /ˈfrɑːnsɨs/; Latin: Franciscus [franˈtʃiskus]; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio[a] on 17 December 1936) is the current pope of the Catholic Church. He serves as the 266th pope,[2][3] having been elected on 13 March 2013. In that role, he is both the leader of the Catholic Church and sovereign ruler of the Vatican City State.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio was ordained as a priest in 1969. From 1998 until 2013, he served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 2001. Elected as pope in 2013 following his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, Bergoglio chose "Francis" as his name. This marked the first time in papal history that this name had been used, and along with Pope John Paul I is one of only two times since Pope Lando's brief 913 reign that a serving pope held a name unused by a predecessor. Francis is both the first Jesuit priest and the first native of the Americas to be elected Pope. He is also the first non-European pope since Syrian-born Pope Gregory III, who died in 741.

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Early life

Jorge Mario Bergoglio[4] was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of Italian immigrants[3][5] Mario José Bergoglio, a railway worker, and his wife Regina María Sívori, a housewife. As a teenager, Bergoglio had a lung removed as a result of an infection.[6] He studied and received a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires before he decided to pursue an ecclesiastical career.[7] According to another reference, he graduated from a technical school as a chemical technician and at the age of 21 decided to become a priest.[8]

Ecclesiastical career

Jesuit

Bergoglio entered the Society of Jesus on 11 March 1958 and studied to become a priest at the Jesuit seminary in Villa Devoto. In 1960, Bergoglio obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel; in 1964 and 1965, he taught literature and psychology at the Colegio de la Inmaculada, a high school in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and in 1966 he taught the same courses at the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires.[9]
In 1967, Bergoglio finished his theological studies and was ordained to the priesthood on 13 December 1969, by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. He attended the Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel (Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel),[10] a seminary in San Miguel, Buenos Aires province. Bergoglio attained the position of novice master there and became professor of theology.
The Society of Jesus promoted Bergoglio and he served as provincial for Argentina from 1973 to 1979.[11] He was transferred in 1980 to become the rector of the seminary in San Miguel, and served in that capacity until 1986. He completed his doctoral dissertation in Germany and returned to Argetina to serve as confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba.[9]

Bishop

Bergoglio was named Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992 and was ordained on 27 June 1992 as Titular Bishop of Auca,[12] with His Eminence, Antonio Cardinal Quarracino, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, serving as principal consecrator.
Bergoglio succeeded Cardinal Quarracino as Archbishop of Buenos Aires on 28 February 1998 and was concurrently named ordinary for Eastern Catholics in Argentina, who had lacked their own prelate.

Cardinal

Cardinal Bergoglio celebrating Mass in 2008
At the consistory of 21 February 2001, Archbishop Bergoglio was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II with the title of cardinal-priest of San Roberto Bellarmino. As cardinal, Bergoglio was appointed to several administrative positions in the Roman Curia
Cardinal Bergoglio became known for personal humility, doctrinal conservatism and a commitment to social justice.[13] A simple lifestyle contributed to his reputation for humility. He lived in a small apartment, rather than in the palatial bishop's residence. He gave up his chauffeured limousine in favor of public transportation.[14]
On the death of Pope John Paul II, Bergoglio was considered one of the papabile cardinals[citation needed]. He participated as a cardinal elector in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. La Stampa reported that Bergoglio was in close contention with Ratzinger during the election, until he made an emotional plea[15] that the cardinals should not vote for him.[16] Earlier, he had participated in the funeral of Pope John Paul II and acted as a regent alongside the College of Cardinals, governing the Holy See and the Roman Catholic Church during the interregnum sede vacante period.
During the 2005 Synod of Bishops, he was elected a member of the Post-Synodal council. Catholic journalist John L. Allen, Jr. reported that Bergoglio was a frontrunner in the 2005 Conclave. An unauthorized diary of uncertain authenticity released in September 2005[17] confirmed that Bergoglio was the runner-up and main challenger of Cardinal Ratzinger at that conclave. The purported diary of the anonymous cardinal claimed Bergoglio received 40 votes in the third ballot, but fell back to 26 at the fourth and decisive ballot[18] .
On 8 November 2005, Bergoglio was elected President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference for a three-year term (2005–2008) by a large majority of the Argentine bishops, which according to reports confirms his local leadership and the international prestige earned by his alleged performance in the conclave. He was reelected on 11 November 2008.
As a cardinal, Bergoglio was associated with Communion and Liberation, a conservative Catholic association of the faithful.[19]

Relations with the Argentine government

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio meets Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
On 15 April 2005, a human rights lawyer filed a criminal complaint against Bergoglio, as superior in the Society of Jesus of Argentina, accusing him of involvement in the kidnapping by the Navy in May 1976 (during the Dirty War) of two Jesuit priests.[20] The priests, Orlando Yorio and Franz Jalics, were found alive five months later, drugged and semi-naked. Yorio accused Bergoglio of effectively handing them over to the death squads by declining to tell the regime that he endorsed their work. Jalics refused to discuss it after moving into seclusion in a German monastery.[21] Horacio Verbitsky, an Argentine investigative journalist and former montonero, wrote a book about this and other related events titled El Silencio: de Paulo VI a Bergoglio: las relaciones secretas de la Iglesia con la ESMA.[22] Verbitsky also writes that the Argentine Navy with the help of Cardinal Bergoglio hid the dictatorship's political prisoners in Bergoglio's holiday home from a visiting delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.[23]
According to the book, after their release, Yorio accused the then-Provincial of his Jesuit order San Miguel, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to have denounced him. Father General Pedro Arrupe in Rome was informed by letter or during the abduction, both he and Orlando Yorio were excluded from the Jesuit Order.[24]
Bergoglio told his authorized biographer, Sergio Rubin, that after the priests' imprisonment, he worked behind the scenes for their release; Bergoglio's intercession with dictator Jorge Rafael Videla on their behalf may have saved their lives.[25] "The cardinal could not justify why these two priests were in a state of helplessness and exposed," according to Luis Zamora, who said that Bergoglio's testimony "demonstrates the role of the Church during the last military dictatorship."[26]
In 2010, Bergoglio told Sergio Rubin that he often sheltered people from the dictatorship on church property, and on one occasion gave his identity papers to a man who looked like him, to enable the recipient to flee Argentina.[27]
Bergoglio stated that adoption by same-sex couples is a form of discrimination against children. This position received a rebuke from Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who said the church's tone was reminiscent of "medieval times and the Inquisition."[28]
As detailed below, on presenting the Aparecida Document Bergoglio, in addition to commenting on social problems, exhorted "legislators, heads of government, and health professionals" to act according to conservative Catholic principles regarding abortion and other issues and said that "people cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time ... [commit] serious crimes against life and family. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals." He referred to a topical Argentine abortion case. Argentina's government opposed this: Human Rights Undersecretary of Buenos Aires, Guillermo Guerin said that "the diagnosis of the Church in relation to social problems in Argentina is correct, but to mix that with abortion and euthanasia, is at least a clear example of ideological malfeasance."[29]

Papacy

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Bergoglio was elected pope on 13 March 2013,[30][31] the second day of the 2013 papal conclave, taking the papal name Francis.[32] Vatican deputy spokesman Thomas Rosica said the same day that the new pontiff had chosen the name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, and had done so because the new pontiff was a lover of the poor.[33][34][35] Timothy Cardinal Dolan, a first-person witness and participant in the proceedings of the Conclave, confirmed that, immediately after the selection was announced, the new Pope said, "I choose the name Francis, in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi."[36] Some of those not initially aware of the statement made by the new Pope in the Conclave mistakenly believed that, as a Jesuit, he chose Francis in recognition of Francis Xavier.[37][38]
On the day of his election, the Vatican clarified that his official papal name was Francis, not "Francis I." A Vatican spokesman said that the name would become Francis I if and when there is a Francis II.[39]
Bergoglio is the first Jesuit priest chosen to be pope.[40] He is also the first pope from the Americas, the New World, and the Southern Hemisphere. He is the first non-European pope in 1,272 years. The last non-European pope, St. Gregory III, was born in Syria and reigned from 731 to 741.[41]
At the time of his election, Francis was fluent in Spanish (his mother tongue), Latin, Italian, and German.[42]
As noted earlier, Cardinal Bergoglio's strong popularity amongst the other cardinals had been brought to notice once before in the 2005 Conclave in which Pope Benedict XVI was elected, and in which Cardinal Bergoglio had received the second largest share of votes after Cardinal Ratzinger [16]

Positions on moral and political issues

Poverty and economic inequality

On 30 September 2009, Bergoglio spoke at a conference organized by the Argentina City Postgraduate School (EPOCA) at the Alvear Palace Hotel titled "Las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo" ("The Social Debts of Our Time") in which he quoted the 1992 "Documento de Santo Domingo"[43] by the Latin American Episcopal Conference, saying "extreme poverty and unjust economic structures that cause great inequalities" are violations of human rights.[44][45] He went on to describe social debt as "immoral, unjust and illegitimate".[46]
During a 48-hour public servant strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio observed the differences between "poor people who are persecuted for demanding work, and rich people who are applauded for fleeing from justice."[47] During a May 2010 speech in Argentina regarding the poor, he directed his message to the wealthy by saying: "You avoid taking into account the poor. We have no right to duck down, to lower the arms carried by those in despair. We must reclaim the memory of our country who has a mother, recover the memory of our Mother".[48]

The vulnerable in society

In 2007, Bergoglio denounced what he characterized as a cultural tolerance of child abuse and "discarding of the elderly". He spoke strongly against the abuse of children as "demographic terrorism," and decried their exploitation. "Children are mistreated, and are not educated or fed. Many are made into prostitutes and exploited," and against a "culture of discarding" the elderly and treating them as if they are disposable and worthless due to their advanced age.[29]

Doctrinal compliance on abortion and euthanasia

In 2007, as Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio presented the final version of a joint statement of the bishops of Latin America – the "Aparecida Document" – upon its approval by Pope Benedict XVI. The document links worthiness to receive the Eucharist, to compliance and acceptance of Church teaching against "abominable crimes" such as abortion and euthanasia:[29][49][50][51]
"We hope that legislators, heads of government, and health professionals, conscious of the dignity of human life and of the rootedness of the family in our peoples, will defend and protect it from the abominable crimes of abortion and euthanasia; that is their responsibility ... We should commit ourselves to 'eucharistic coherence', that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortion, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals."
Bergoglio has also encouraged his clergy and laity to oppose both abortion and euthanasia, describing the pro-choice movement as a "culture of death",[52] and had opposed the free distribution of contraceptives in Argentina.[53]

Homosexuality

Bergoglio has affirmed church teaching on homosexuality specifically that homosexual actions are immoral.[54][55] He opposes same-sex marriage,[56] but unsuccessfully opposed legislation introduced in 2010 to allow same-sex marriage in Argentina, calling it a "real and dire anthropological throwback."[57] In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: "Let's not be naïve, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies[58] that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."[59] Bergoglio has also stated that adoption by same-sex couples is a "form of discrimination against children."[60]

Bibliography

Books

Jorge Bergoglio; Abraham Skorka (2010) (in Spanish). Sobre el cielo y la tierra [On Heaven and Earth]. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. ISBN 9789500732932.[61]

Writings

  • Meditaciones para religiosos [Meditations for the Religious] (1982)
  • Reflexiones sobre la vida apostólica [Reflections on Apostolic Life] (1986)
  • Reflexiones de esperanza [Reflections of Hope] (1992)
  • Diálogos entre Juan Pablo II y Fidel Castro [Dialogues Between John Paul II and Fidel Castro] (1998)
  • Educar: exigencia y pasión [To Educate: Exactingness and Passion] (2003)
  • Ponerse la patria al hombro [Putting the Motherland on One's Shoulders] (2004)
  • La nación por construir [The Nation to Be Built] (2005)
  • Corrupción y pecado [Corruption and Sin] (2006)
  • Sobre la acusación de sí mismo [On Self-Accusation] (2006)
  • El verdadero poder es el servicio [True Power Is Service] (2007)
  • Mente abierta, corazón creyente [Open Mind, Believing Heart] (2012)

Notes

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  1. ^ Pronunciation: [ˈxorxe ˈmaɾjo βerˈɣoɣljo] (Spanish), [berˈgoʎʎo] (Italian).

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FRANCESCO da Bricco Marmorito -- "I miei nonni tra di loro parlavano piemontese, ed è così che l'ho imparato" ---- "faceva leggere Jorge Luis Borges" -- and LOVES OPERA.

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Francesco I:  “Vengo quasi dalla fine del mondo: da Bricco Marmorito.



Il collegio cardinalizio riunito nel Conclave ha scelto il 266esimo successore di Pietro.
 
Figlio di una coppia piemontese, gesuita, è cresciuto a Buenos Aires.
 
Vicino ai poveri, per spostarsi non usa le auto blu ma la metropolitana
 


Il gesuita Bergoglio, Francesco, il primo Papa argentino della storia, è un vescovo senza auto blu che nella sua Buenos Aires si sposta in metropolitana, rifugge gli appuntamenti mondani, e nel palazzo arcivescovile ha ricavato per sé soltanto un piccolo appartamento.

Un vescovo che preferisce trascorrere il suo tempo nelle «villas miserias», le baraccopoli della capitale argentina.

È un vescovo umile e profondamente spirituale, che quando ti saluta, chiede sempre di pregare per lui e che in questi anni nella grande metropoli argentina ha continuato a ripetere che la Chiesa deve mostrare il volto della misericordia di Dio.

«Cerchiamo di essere una Chiesa che esce da se stessa e va verso gli uomini e le donne che non la frequentano, che non la conoscono, che se ne sono andate, che sono indifferenti...».

Nato 76 anni fa a Buenos Aires, figlio di una famiglia originaria di Portacomaro, nell’Astigiano, arrivata in Argentina un’afosa mattina di gennaio del 1929, FRANCESCO è il quarto di cinque figli.

Il padre di FRANCESCO, contabile, nel nuovo mondo si lascia alle spalle ogni nostalgia e con i figli non parla italiano.

«La nonna Rosa veniva a prendermi, mi portava a casa con lei."

"I miei nonni tra di loro parlavano piemontese, ed è così che l’ho imparato".

Con il padre giocava a briscola e seguiva le partite di pallacanestro, con la madre ascoltava musica.

"Ogni sabato, alle due del pomeriggio, ascoltavamo le opere liriche che venivano trasmesse dalla Radio di Stato."

"Prima che iniziasse, la mamma [REGINA MARIA SIVORI, di sangue piemontese e genovese] ci spiegava l’opera, ci avvisava quando stava per cominciare l’aria più importante e conosciuta.

"Era una bellezza, per me, gustare la musica."

Insieme ai fratelli, il nuovo Papa ha imparato presto a cucinare.

"Mia madre - ha raccontato nel libro intervista “El Jesuita” pubblicato tre anni fa - rimase paralitica dopo aver partorito l’ultimo figlio, il quinto."

"Quando tornavamo da scuola, la trovavamo seduta a pelare patate, con tutti gli altri ingredienti per il pranzo già disposti."

"Ci diceva come dovevamo mescolarli e cucinarli."

Diventato sacerdote e professore, Bergoglio ha continuato ad esercitarsi.

«Nel Collegio Massimo la domenica non c’era la cuoca, e allora preparavo io il pranzo per i miei studenti."

Al giornalista che gli chiedeva se fosse bravo, ha risposto: «Beh, non ho mai ammazzato nessuno col mio cibo...».


La famiglia Bergoglio non era povera.

«Non ci avanzava niente, non avevamo l’automobile né andavamo a fare le vacanze estive, ma non ci mancava niente».

All’età di 13 anni, quando inizia le superiori frequentando un istituto industriale specializzato in chimica, FRANCESCO comincia a lavorare.

Il padre vuole che il figlio conosca la fatica del lavoro.

Così il futuro Papa Francesco prima fa le pulizie in una fabbrica di calzini, poi dopo due anni passa a compiti amministrativi e infine lavora in un laboratorio di analisi.

A fine mattinata ha meno di un’ora di tempo per il pranzo, quindi va a seguire le lezioni in classe fino alle otto di sera.

«Ringrazio tanto mio padre perché mi ha mandato a lavorare. Il lavoro è stata una delle cose che meglio mi hanno fatto nella mia vita e, in particolare, nel laboratorio ho imparato il bene e il male di ogni attività umana... Il mio capo era una donna straordinaria».

Il futuro Papa da ragazzo si ammala gravemente e rischia di morire di polmonite.

«Ricordo il momento in cui, con la febbre altissima, abbracciai mia mamma e gli chiesi: “Dimmi che cosa mi sta succedendo!”.

Lei non sapeva che cosa rispondere, perché i medici erano sconcertati».

Francesco dovette subire l’ablazione della parte superiore del polmone destro.

Mesi di convalescenza con dolori tremendi.

Al giovane Bergoglio davano fastidio le parole di circostanza che molte delle persone che gli facevano visita in ospedale, quando per rincuorarlo gli dicevano: «Ora passa».

Fino a che non va a visitarlo suor Dolores, la monaca che lo aveva preparato per la prima comunione. «Mi disse qualcosa che mi colpì molto e che mi diede molta pace: “Stai imitando Gesù”».

«Il dolore - ha raccontato il nuovo Papa - non è una virtù per se stesso, però sì, può essere virtuoso il modo in cui si vive.

La nostra vocazione è la pienezza e la felicità, e in questa ricerca, il dolore è un limite.

Per questo, il senso del dolore, uno lo capisce davvero attraverso il dolore del Dio fattosi uomo, Gesù Cristo».

La vocazione, per Papa Francesco, non arriva presto.

È il 21 settembre 1953, aveva 17 anni, si prepara a festeggiare la Giornata dello studente con i suoi compagni. Entra nella chiesa di San José de Flores. Lì incontra un sacerdote che non conosce e decide di confessarsi. Quella confessione avrebbe cambiato la sua vita. Non torna più alla stazione ferroviaria per ritrovare gli amici perché ha deciso di farsi prete. «Mi accadde qualcosa di raro, lo stupore di un incontro. Mi resi conto che mi stavano aspettando. Questa è l’esperienza religiosa: lo stupore di incontrare qualcuno che ti stava aspettando. Da quel momento per me Dio divenne colui che ti precede. Uno lo sta cercando, Lui ti cerca per primo».

Il padre accoglie bene la decisione di Jorge.

La madre molto meno. «Disse: non lo so, non ti vedo... Dovresti aspettare un po’, continua a lavorare... finisci l’università.

La verità è che la mia vecchia mamma la prese male.

Mio padre mi comprese di più».

A 21 anni il nuovo Papa entra nel noviziato dei gesuiti. «Fui attratto dal loro essere una forza di avanzata della Chiesa, perché nella Compagnia si usava un linguaggio militare, perché c’era un clima di obbedienza e disciplina. E perché era orientata al compito missionario. Mi nacque il desiderio di andare missionario in Giappone. Ma a motivo del serio problema di salute che mi trascinavo dietro, non venni autorizzato». La sua storia, da quel momento in poi, è quella di un padre gesuita. Studi umanistici in Cile e quindi in Argentina, laurea in filosofia e teologia. Professore, rettore di collegi e facoltà, ma al contempo anche parroco nella chiesa del Patriarca San José, nella diocesi di San Miguel. Vive gli anni bui della dittatura e da arcivescovo chiederà perdono per i legami della Chiesa argentina con la giunta militare. Completa in Germania la tesi di dottorato, quindi torna in Argentina, a Cordoba, a fare il direttore spirituale e il confessore.

Nel 1992, Papa Wojtyla lo nomina vescovo ausiliare di Buenos Aires, cinque anni dopo diviene coadiutore e nel 1998 arcivescovo, successore di Antonio Quarracino. Nel 2001 Giovanni Paolo II lo crea cardinale. Dedica una linea telefonica soltanto per i suoi preti, perché possano chiamarlo in qualunque momento per qualsiasi problema. Tiene lui stesso l’agenda degli appuntamenti e delle udienze. Vuole una Chiesa di «prossimità», vicina all’umanità e alle sue sofferenze. Coltiva un dialogo particolare con la comunità ebraica - ha pubblicato un libro di dialoghi con il rabbino Abraham Skorka - ma anche con i gruppi evangelici. Confessa ancora molto, ha voluto che ci fossero sacerdoti che si prendessero cura delle prostitute nelle strade di Buenos Aires. Attacca pubblicamente il progetto di legge per il riconoscimento delle coppie gay perché contrario al «progetto divino», ma vuole che tutte le persone sentano di essere amate da Dio.

Papa Francesco ha un film preferito, «Il pranzo di Babette».

«Vi si vede - ha spiegato Bergoglio - un caso tipico di esagerazione di limiti e proibizioni.

I protagonisti sono persone che vivono in un calvinismo puritano esagerato, a tal punto che la redenzione di Cristo si vive come una negazione delle cose di questo mondo. Quando arriva la freschezza della libertà, lo spreco per una cena, tutti finiscono trasformati. In verità questa comunità non sapeva che cosa fosse la felicità. Viveva schiacciata dal dolore... aveva paura dell’amore».

Lui, che da professore faceva leggere Jorge Luis Borges ai suoi studenti, dice che bisogna passare da una Chiesa «regolatrice della fede» a una Chiesa «che trasmette e facilita la fede».
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Papa FRANCESCO ha radici astigiane -- BRICCO MARMORITO, la terrna natale.

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Francesco I ha radici astigiane

A Bricco Marmorito di Portacomaro Stazione è nato il bisnonno di FRANCESCO, che ha sei figli, tra cui Giovanni Angelo Bergoglio, che poi si trasferisce a Torino, città in cui nasce il padre di Francesco, che poi emigra in Argentina.
 
Negli anni FRANCESCO ha cercato di mantenere i legami con il Piemonte.
 
Circa 10 anni fa ha visitato anche Bricco Marmorito, incontrando alcuni cugini, quando si racconta che...




 



 
 


E' fumata bianca, papa eletto Sarà l'astigiano Bergoglio? SI.



Clamoroso:

Bergoglio, arcivescovo con radici nell'Astigiano, è stato eletto papa con il nome di Francesco.

L'annuncio è stato dato poco fa dalla finestra di San Pietro che si affaccia sull'omonima piazza.

Da alcuni era considerato tra i papabili, ma il suo nome non era tra quelli considerati con maggiori possibilità di venire eletti.

 Il cardinale Bergoglio era giunto in Vaticano nei giorni scorsi per prendere parte al Conclave ed ora è il successore di Papa Benedetto XVI.

Ma quali sono nel dettaglio i rapporti del nuovo Papa con la provincia di Asti?

Il nuovo Papa affonda infatti le sue origini nell’Astigiano, precisamente a Bricco Marmorito di Portacomaro Stazione.

Lì nasce il bisnonno di FRANCESCO, che ha sei figli, tra cui Giovanni Angelo Bergoglio, che poi si trasferisce a Torino, città in cui nasce il padre di FRANCESCO, che poi emigra in Argentina.

Qui, nel 1936, nasce Bergoglio che, dopo il diploma come tecnico chimico, entra in Seminario nel 1958, scegliendo il Noviziato tra i Gesuiti.

Quindi segue gli studi umanistici in Cile, per poi rientrare in Argentina e laurearsi in Filosofia e Teologia.

Ordinato sacerdote nel 1969, nel 1998 diviene arcivescovo di Buenos Aires, assumendo così il ruolo di primate d’Argentina.

Dopo la nomina cardinalizia da parte di Papa Giovanni Paolo II, il 21 febbraio 2001 viene eletto a capo della Conferenza Episcopale Argentina dal 2005 al 2011.

Nel 2005 partecipa al Conclave per l’elezione di Papa Benedetto XVI quando, peraltro, si dice sia uno dei candidati più in vista per l’elezione a Pontefice (in qualità di “rappresentante” dell'Argentina) tanto da essere colui che, nei vari scrutinii, riceve più voti dopo Joseph Ratzinger.

Negli anni, comunque, FRANCESCO ha cercato di mantenere i legami con il Piemonte.

E, anzi, circa 10 anni fa ha visitato anche Bricco Marmorito, incontrando alcuni cugini, quando si racconta che fosse molto interessato a conoscere la terra natale.

Oltre a Bergoglio c'erano altri due candidati "astigiani" a Roma:

-- il cardinale Giovanni Lajolo, residente a Vinchio ma non proveniente dal clero astigiano, che è presidente emerito del governatorato della Città del Vaticano

-- e il cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato emerito e Decano del Collegio cardinalizio.
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PAPA FRANCESCO

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Nato in una famiglia di origini italiane, specificamente piemontesi (il bisnonno Giovanni Angelo era nato in località Bricco Marmorito di Portacomaro Stazione, frazione di Asti non lontana da Portacomaro[3]), il papa Francesco è il quarto dei cinque figli[4] di Mario Jose, funzionario delle ferrovie, e di Regina Maria Sivori, una casalinga con sangue piemontese e genovese.
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FRANCESCO -- papa --. Il bisnonno GIOVANNI ANGELO BERGOGLIO era nato in località BRICCO MARMORITO di PORTACOMARO STAZIONE, frazione di ASTI non lontana da PORTACOMARO. --- quarto figlio di Mario e REGINA MARIA SIVORI (di sangue piemontese e genovese).

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FRANCESCO papa. Nato in una famiglia di origini italiane, specificamente piemontesi (il bisnonno Giovanni Angelo era nato in località Bricco Marmorito di Portacomaro Stazione, frazione di Asti non lontana da Portacomaro[3]), è il quarto dei cinque figli[4] di Mario Jose, funzionario delle ferrovie, e di Regina Maria Sivori, una casalinga con sangue piemontese e genovese.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Bonaria, bonaria

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Buenos Aires

The blog dedicated to the history of Buenos Aires, or Bonaria, with an emphasis on the Italian connection. Or not!
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

I want to ride a bicycle

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Buenos Aires

--- and I do.

Biking in Buenos Aires picks up speed
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Buenos Aires Biking 06 September 2011 | By Karina Martinez-Carter Similarly, Mayor Mauricio Macri is said to have drawn inspiration for his Mejor en Bici (“Better on Bike”) campaign, the umbrella under which the new ciclovías and bike-sharing program fall, from Barcelona’s indisputably successful Bicing program, which debuted in 2007. Mr. del Rio, who is rumoured to offer discounts for those professing the Beatles fandom, says he does substantial business with longer-term visitors to the city; he sells bikes to them to use during their time in Buenos Aires, then buys them back before the tourists depart. (Long-term visitors can also participate in Buenos Aires’ bike-sharing program; all that is needed is a valid passport and a Certificado de Domicilio, a paper local police deliver as proof of address.)

Biking in Buenos Aires still faces a few challenges. In a city where many drivers take stoplights as mere suggestions and the person with the right of way tends to be the bigger or gutsier, cycling can be a harrowing endeavour. Bike theft also is common, as there is no formal registration for private bikes. And despite mounting popularity, Kalwill thinks the biking culture has yet to transition from trendy to mainstream.

But many see biking as a necessary solution in Buenos Aires. Notorious rush hour traffic chokes the city’s flat roadways daily, and local newspaper Clarín reported the city lacks parking spaces for 500,000 cars. Andrés Fingeret, the director of the Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo, which advises the government on sustainability initiatives including Mejor en Bici as well as the Plan de Movilidad Sustentable (Plan for Sustainable Movement) of which Mejor en Bici is a part, also sees advantages for the city’s tourism reputation.

“Everyone knows about the Metro in Paris,” he said. “But they don’t go to Paris for the Metro. They go to walk along the Champs-Élysées, to be outside on the streets. Great cities are recognized for their great pedestrian infrastructure.” And Fingeret includes bike pathways as part of that pedestrian infrastructure. “You get to know a city by biking, not by Metro or even bus.”

With more cycling pathways in the works, more bike-sharing stations set to open and additional businesses offering guests or clients bikes to borrow, Buenos Aires is set to become more bike-friendly than ever.

“There are many cultural and creative initiatives going on, and I guess that is something that’s becoming characteristic of bike culture here in Buenos Aires,” Kalwill said. “I hope in the future bike culture in Buenos Aires manages to grow so big that it becomes a reference and inspiration to other cities in Latin America.”

Similarly, Mayor Mauricio Macri is said to have drawn inspiration for his Mejor en Bici (“Better on Bike”) campaign, the umbrella under which the new ciclovías and bike-sharing program fall, from Barcelona’s indisputably successful Bicing program, which debuted in 2007. Mr. del Rio, who is rumoured to offer discounts for those professing the Beatles fandom, says he does substantial business with longer-term visitors to the city; he sells bikes to them to use during their time in Buenos Aires, then buys them back before the tourists depart. (Long-term visitors can also participate in Buenos Aires’ bike-sharing program; all that is needed is a valid passport and a Certificado de Domicilio, a paper local police deliver as proof of address.)

Biking in Buenos Aires still faces a few challenges. In a city where many drivers take stoplights as mere suggestions and the person with the right of way tends to be the bigger or gutsier, cycling can be a harrowing endeavour. Bike theft also is common, as there is no formal registration for private bikes. And despite mounting popularity, Kalwill thinks the biking culture has yet to transition from trendy to mainstream.

But many see biking as a necessary solution in Buenos Aires. Notorious rush hour traffic chokes the city’s flat roadways daily, and local newspaper Clarín reported the city lacks parking spaces for 500,000 cars. Andrés Fingeret, the director of the Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo, which advises the government on sustainability initiatives including Mejor en Bici as well as the Plan de Movilidad Sustentable (Plan for Sustainable Movement) of which Mejor en Bici is a part, also sees advantages for the city’s tourism reputation.

“Everyone knows about the Metro in Paris,” he said. “But they don’t go to Paris for the Metro. They go to walk along the Champs-Élysées, to be outside on the streets. Great cities are recognized for their great pedestrian infrastructure.” And Fingeret includes bike pathways as part of that pedestrian infrastructure. “You get to know a city by biking, not by Metro or even bus.”

With more cycling pathways in the works, more bike-sharing stations set to open and additional businesses offering guests or clients bikes to borrow, Buenos Aires is set to become more bike-friendly than ever.

“There are many cultural and creative initiatives going on, and I guess that is something that’s becoming characteristic of bike culture here in Buenos Aires,” Kalwill said. “I hope in the future bike culture in Buenos Aires manages to grow so big that it becomes a reference and inspiration to other cities in Latin America.”
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