TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A New Pope 5 CHAPTER 2 The History of Popes 9 COUNTRY PROFILE Focus on Vatican City 14 CHAPTER 3 Jorge Mario Bergoglio 17 CHAPTER 4 Becoming Pope 23 CHAPTER 5 Changing the Church 29 CHAPTER 6 Changing the World 35 PERSON OF IMPACT Focus on Bartholomew I 40 CHAPTER 7 The Future of the Church 43 Focus on Pope Francis 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
CHAPTER 1 A NEW POPE In In July 2013 Pope Francis took a boat to Lampedusa a small Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea The journey was his first trip outside Rome Italy since becoming pope of the Roman Catholic Church in March Residents of the island greeted him by waving caps and flags A few days before his visit a boat filled with 165 migrants had reached the island They had left their homes in Africa in search of better lives Pope Francis shakes the hands of migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa 5
