Pope Francisco Pope of the Roman Catholic Church will come to Japan in November. The Pope's visit to Japan is 38 years since the late John Paul II visited in 1981. It seems to be a big event when it comes to the top of 1.2 billion Catholic believers in the world, but there are not many hundreds of thousands of Catholic believers in Japan. Why does the Pope visit Japan and what does it mean for people other than believers?
"First Pope" in two ways
First of all, from the basic information of Pope Francisco. The name “Français” was chosen by himself when he became pope in 2013, and his real name is Jorge Mario Bergorio. I am 82 years old from Buenos Aires, Argentina. My parents are immigrants from Italy, and my father is from the middle class who worked for a railway company.
Received education as a priest in Argentina and Spain, serving as a monastery director, university teacher, and bishop. In 2001, he became the Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
As the Pope, two “first time…
