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Former President Daniel Moi with Pope John Paul II [Photo: File]
Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was once a bouncer in his native Argentina where he studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires and has a masters in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires. The tango lover taught literature, psychology, philosophy and theology, before becoming Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Did you know he’s the first Jesuit Pope, the first from the Americas and the first non-European Pope since Syrian Gregory III in 741? That’s over 1,200 years, right? He chose the name Francis in honour of St Francis of Assisi, “the man of poverty,” although that’s not the reason he once preferred travelling economy.