Pope Francis exudes humility, self denial and love for God and man

Jorge Mario Bergoglio is a man rich in spiritual passion, humility, self-denial and love for the cause of God and of man.

I offer Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio my warm congratulations and most fervent good wishes upon his election to the papacy.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio is a man rich in spiritual passion, humility, self-denial and love for the cause of God and of man.

As Pope Francis, he brings to the papacy a brilliant philosophical and theological mind that has embraced a vision of broad spiritual and ecclesiastical horizons: personal holiness, missionary outreach combined with constant concern for unity.

His episcopal motto “Miserando atque eligendo” has strengthened and guided him in his tireless and uncompromising efforts aimed at defending and promoting the Catholic faith in an age in which the Church has suffered unprecedented persecution and martyrdom.

The new pope has also worked to encourage studies aimed at increasing knowledge of the faith so that the new problems arising from the progress of science and civilization can be answered in the light of the word of God.

The aim for which he has always strived has been to serve the truth, seek to know it ever more thoroughly and make it ever more widely known.
May the Lord lavish his choicest heavenly reward upon our new Vicar of Christ, Francis 1.

Paul Kokoski,
pkokoski@shaw.ca