so he does have that italian connection. he does and in this case argentina a nation of immigrants just like the united states thousands upon thousands of italians migrate today that country, set routes and now one of them an argentinian born in buenos aires now the pope of the catholic church and he has a link to europe, italy, but he is seen as a latin american pope and i believe for catholics that is a big sense of pride and a big story and it is going to have a big impact to know the pope is argentinian, speaks spanish fluently and will show another face of latin america around the world. of course. he is born in argentina. that goes without saying. i m sure he speaks italian fluently. i said before he speaks german. we re trying to figure out if he speaks english. i m sure he speaks some english as well among other languages. probably speaks some portugese i