Pope Francis Catholic Spiritual Leader

Pope Francis Catholic Spiritual Leader — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Core Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 082014 012015 Cover Photo Riccardo De Luca AP Images Interior Photos Riccardo De Luca AP Images 1 Michael Kappeler picture-alliance dpa AP Images 4 Dmitry Lovetsky AP Images 7 Red Line Editorial 8 Ivan Fernandez AP Images 10 El Salvador School AP Images 12 Eduardo Di Baia AP Images 14 Massimo Sambucetti AP Images 16 L’Osservatore Romano AP Images 18 20 26 31 39 Dorling Kindersley DK Images 23 Reed Saxon AP Images 29 Natacha Pisarenko AP Images 32 Marcio Fernandes Estadao Conteudo AP Images 34 45 Pablo Martinez Monsivais AP Images 37 Editor Arnold Ringstad Series Designer Becky Daum Library of Congress Control Number 2014944217 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Woll Kris Pope Francis Catholic spiritual leader Kris Woll p cm Newsmakers Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-62403-644-6 1 Francis Pope 1936 Juvenile literature 2 Popes Biography Juvenile literature 1 Title 282 092 dc23 B 2014944217

Pope Francis Catholic Spiritual Leader — page 2 — CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE From Far Away 4 CHAPTER TWO Before He Was Pope 12 CHAPTER THREE White Smoke 20 CHAPTER FOUR A New Pope 26 CHAPTER FIVE The World Watches 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48

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Pope Francis Catholic Spiritual Leader — page 4 — 5 CHAPTER ONE Crowds watched and waited in Vatican City for the announcement of a new pope in March 2013 FROM FAR AWAY During the day on March 13 2013 black smoke came from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City Rome Inside Roman Catholic Church officials called cardinals gathered to elect a new pope The pope is the leader of one of the world’s biggest religions the Catholic Church with 1 2 billion members The previous pope Benedict XVI had stepped down The black smoke

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