Before He Was Pope: Francis' Life in Pictures
Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Bergoglio, the parents of former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, pose for a wedding picture in this undated photo. REUTERS/Clarin/
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This photo shows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, as a young Argentinean teenager.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio (fourth boy from the left on the third row from the top) at age 12, studied chemistry at the Salesian College.
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This 1966 photo shows the future Pope at the El Salvador Seminary School, where he taught literature and psychology.
Pope Francis is used to cooking for himself and is known to make a "fantastic paella," according to The Telegraph.
Cardinal Bergoglio in an undated archived photo. REUTERS/Clarin
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1998 photo of the then bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, accompanied by Father Jose Maria de Paola, known as "Father Pepe" and local residents visiting the Villa 21-24 slum in Buenos Aires. REUTERS/Parroquia Virgen de Caacupe/
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Pope Benedict XVI (L) greets the Archbishop of Buenos Aires Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the Vatican January 13, 2007. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)
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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio conducts a mass in honor of Pope John Paul II at the Buenos Aires cathedral in this April 4, 2005 file photograph. Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013 to lead the Roman Catholic Church, a prelate announced to huge crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square. He took the name Pope Francis, the cardinal said. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian/Files (ARGENTINA - Tags: RELIGION PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3EXVB
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Then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina presides over a mass during the transfer of the remains of Catholic priest Carlos Mugica, known for his work with the poor and assassinated in 1974 by suspected right wing activists, in the Villa 31 slum of Buenos Aires, October 9, 1999. Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, who has become the first pope born outside Europe in 1,300 years, quietly left the Vatican early on March 14, 2013, barely 12 hours after his election to pray for guidance as he looks to usher a Roman Catholic Church mired in intrigue and scandal into a new age of simplicity and humility. Picture taken October 9, 1999. REUTERS/Enrique Garcia Medina (ARGENTINA - Tags: RELIGION) ARGENTINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ARGENTINA - RTR3F0A6
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File photo of Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio washing the feet of two newly born children on Holy Thursday. The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, is seen in this file photo washing the feet of two newly born children on Holy Thursday at the Buenos Aires' Sarda maternity hospital on March 24, 2005. Bergoglio is the only Argentine among 117 cardinals entitled to cast a ballot and to be elected in the conclave set to start on April 18 to choose the new pope. Photo taken March 24. REUTERS/Tony Gomez-DyN PP05040051 - RTR7FZV
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New Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio kisses Pope John Paul II after he received the red berretta, a four-cornered red hat, during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Square February 21, 2001. Putting one of his final stamps on the group that will elect his successor, the Pope elevated 44 new cardinals. PP05040051 AP - RTRELBH
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