Habemus Papam!

Announcement:

"I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope! The most eminent and most reverend Lord, Lord Jorge Mario, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Bergoglio, Who takes for himself the name of Francis."

"Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam;

Eminentissimum ac reverendissimum Dominum,

Dominum [Jorge Mario] Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Cardinalem

[Bergoglio], Qui sibi nomen imposuit [Francis]."

St. Peter

Distribution of Catholics

Catholics in the World

• Africa has biggest growth in Catholics

• 40% in Latin America – 483 million or 41.3% of the Catholic population

• Of 10 countries in the world with most Catholics, 4 are in Latin America

• Brazil has highest Catholic Population

St. Francis

The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor, “is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.” For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.”

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury,pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen