fifteen things you didn't know about Pope Francis welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello a lack sirs and welcome to another exciting original video presented by Alex calm if you're new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on Instagram at Alex today we're revealing some interesting and unknown facts about one of the most influential and powerful leaders of the world and the Catholic Church Pope Francis Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario bergoglio in Buenos Aires Argentina he went to a technical secondary school and earned a
chemical technicians diploma his life changed when he was walking by a church one day and was so inspired by the priest that he decided to enter the seminary he served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1998 to 2013 as Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 2001 to 2013 and as president of the Bishops Conference of Argentina from 2005 to 2011 on March 13 2013 he was named as the 260 6th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church at the age of 76 and he chose his name Francis after Saint Francis of Assisi
the Pope's tenure has been characterized by his break from some of the more conservative beliefs of the Catholic Church as well as his support of the world's poor and his environmental advocacy he's also known for his humility and approachability he has declined most luxuries offered to the Pope and chooses to live a humble lifestyle for example by deciding to live in the Vatican guesthouse rather than the papal residence it's safe to say that there's never been a Pope quite like this one we were inspired by his influence dedication and passion so it's time now to
take a closer look at this powerful leader with the 15 things you didn't know about Pope Francis number one he used to be a bouncer the Pope has had a few different jobs in the past before becoming the leader of the Catholic Church some of these jobs like teaching and chemistry lab work are not so surprising given his science background but there is a one job he held in the past that could raise a few eyebrows the Pope has said that while he was a student he worked as a bouncer at a Ueno Cerys night
club he also worked as a janitor to earn money for school number two he had a girlfriend in the past as the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church the Pope is not permitted to engage in romantic relationships but he did have a girlfriend once upon a time the identity of the woman has not been discovered but Pope Francis has described her as one of a group of students he used to go dancing with their relationship ended when he discovered his religious vocation the Pope says he also had a crush on a
girl after he started seminary and this caused him to doubt the path he had chosen but he decided to fully dedicate himself to God and the church number three he released a progressive rock album in 2015 back in 2015 the Pope's progressive rock album entitled wake up music album with his words and prayers was released the album was comprised of papal prayers and speeches set to pop rock and classical music on the tracks the Pope speaks English Spanish Portuguese and Italian number four he only has one functioning lung at the age of 21 years old
Pope Francis experienced a serious bout of health problems including a life-threatening case of pneumonia and three cysts these problems and other complications led to the removal of a large portion of one of the Pope's lungs although it's hard to believe losing along doesn't seriously compromise one's health but it does mean that Pope Francis is more vulnerable to respiratory illnesses like the flu and pneumonia number five he speaks eight languages the native language of Pope Francis is Spanish but he also can speak fluent Italian French German Portuguese Latin Ukrainian and Piedmontese which is a language spoken
in a northern Italy region called Piedmont number six he is the first pope born outside of Europe in over 1200 years out of the 266 Pope's there have been throughout history 217 came from Italy 16 from friends 15 from Greece 6 from Syria and 2 from Africa was a few other countries represented as well Pope Francis is not only the first pope from Latin America as the native of Argentina but also the first pope born outside of Europe in the last 1277 years the last was Pope Gregory the third who was from Syria and ended
his 10-year reign in the year 741 number seven he was named TIME's Person of the Year in 2013 the first person of the year named by Time magazine was Charles Lindbergh in 1927 and every year since time has designated a person or group as the person of the year Pope Francis was given the title the very same year he was elected pope which shows just how influential he is pope john paul ii was given the title in 1994 after he had held the position of pope for 16 years number 8 the pope's harley-davidson sold for
three hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars at auction Hugh heard that right the Pope actually owned a 2013 harley-davidson Dyna Super Glide which was given to him as a gift from Willie Davidson the grandson of the harley-davidson founder to celebrate the company's 110th anniversary the Pope's harley-davidson was sold at auction in 2014 in Paris with the three hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars in proceeds going towards a hostel and soup kitchen located in Rome a leather harley-davidson motorcycle jacket signed by the Pope was also auctioned off with a winning bid of seventy seven thousand five
hundred dollars number nine he's the second most followed world leader on Twitter Pope Francis had the distinction of being the most followed world leader on Twitter for most of 2017 until he was surpassed in October by US President Donald Trump when you combine the followers of the papal accounts that tweet the same messages in Spanish English Italian port jeez polish French German Latin and Arabic he has about thirty nine point five million followers while Trump has over forty six point five million followers former US President Barack Obama has them both beat with his incredible ninety
nine million followers number ten Lamborghini gave him a customized Huracan in November 2017 Lamborghini presented the Pope with a one-of-a-kind Huracan Lamborghini the car is painted Manasa is white with two biryeo yellow stripes along the hood roof and body reflecting the colors of Vatican City's flag Pope Francis autographed the car as well increasing its value the car is set to be auctioned off in May of 2018 with a starting bid of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars all proceeds will be donated to the charities of the Pope's choosing if you want to find out some
more interesting facts about this luxury car company click on the upper right hand corner to watch our video of 15 things you didn't know about Lamborghini number 11 he cooks his own meals although there is certainly a full staff that can cater to the Pope's every need he prefers to take care of himself including cooking his own meals whenever possible his specialty reportedly is the Spanish dish Paia number 12 he nearly became Pope back in 2005 after the death of pope john paul ii in 2005 the future Pope Francis received the second most votes in
the people Conclave to become the next Pope but he was beaten out by pope benedict xvi number 13 he's the only pope ever to be featured on a Rolling Stone magazine Pope Francis became the first pope to ever be featured on the cover of the popular culture magazine Rolling Stone which has been in publication since 1967 he appeared with the title the times they are a-changin at the Vatican number 14 he holds the record for the fastest person to reach 1 million Instagram followers after the official Pope Francis Instagram page was launched March 19 2016
it only took the pontiff 12 hours to surpass a 1 million followers this broke the previous record a fastest person to reach 1 million Instagram followers which was held by David Beckham who gained 1 million followers in 24 hours back in May of 2015 number 15 he was ranked fifth on Forbes powerful people list the Pope earned the fifth spot on Forbes his list of the 74 most powerful people in the world in 2016 Vladimir Putin took the top spot followed by Donald Trump Angela Merkel Zi Jinping and Pope Francis now that you've learned more
about Pope Francis we'd like to know do you appreciate his less conservative approach to leading the Catholic Church let us know what you think in the comments still here here's the bonus fact just for you Pope Francis is a big fan of the tango which originated in his native country of Argentina he used to go to dances with friends and danced the tango before he entered the church for his 78th birthday thousands of people tangoed in st. Peter's Square to celebrate the pontiff thank you for spending some time with us a lexer make sure to
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