Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas. He was born on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born and raised in Argentina, and later became the archbishop of Buenos Aires. Because of this, he was the cardinal that represented Argentina as the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 1998 to 2013. Then, on March 13, 2013, he was elected to be Pope after Pope Benedict XVI retired. When he was elected to
Pope Francis' first official visit to the United States erupted in controversy this week, when news broke that he met with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. The meeting with Davis struck a chord with many who viewed it as both rejection of the LGBT community, and acceptance of Kim Davis' refusal to issue civil marriage licenses to same-sex couples. It isn't hard to understand why people feel that way, since Kim Davis and her lawyers have said that's how they took the meeting. The details of the meeting
INTRODUCTION ?Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.??? Robin Lim ?Birth is the epicentre of women?s power.? ?Ani DiFranco ?Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.??? Harriette Hartigan ?.. and the quotes go on? The unique power of a woman lies in her ability to conceive and give birth and this has been described as the most blissful event in her life