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A sensation? Maybe! He was second in 2005 and he is the first Jesuit Pope and the first Pope out from Europe.
76 years old means not a transmission Pope but also not a powerful younger revolutionizer.
However the Holy Roman Catholic Church started a small new beginning.
The background of the new Pope is a little bit tricky. Parents immigrated to Argentina after the Mussolini regime was over. A lot of fascists and Nazis emigrated to Argentina. Maybe a compromises between the Italian connection and the necessary new position of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
I have no idea what the way is. I am not a catholic. But as boss of 1.4 Billion follower he is one of the most powerful political figure worldwide.
He decided to take the name Franciskus. Franz von Assisi was a rich kid and decided to live in poverty and established the Franciscan society inside the catholic church. Very powerful even today.
Maybe that means the new Pope do not like pomp and circumstances. Maybe a new beginning necessary like the Republican in America.
But once is for sure. A historical day today, March 13, 2013. Nobody expected that.
God with you Franz I.