Today in history, December 17, 1936, Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known to the world as Pope Francis, was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Raised in a modest household, he was the eldest of five children in a family of Italian immigrants. His early years were marked by a strong sense of faith and service, leading him to join the Jesuit order and later be ordained as a priest in 1969.