The Roman Catholic Church has a new CEO: Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina. He represents at least three firsts; he is the first Francis, the first Jesuit Pope and the first non-European Pope.
Scanning around several articles about the new Holy Father, it appears that he is a somewhat shy man of simple habits. He becomes Pope at an age, 76, when most men have long since retired.
During the Argentine military dictatorship of the late 1970s and early 1980s Bergoglio was not as openly opposed to the repressive government as some people wish he had been. The same has been said of Pius XII who was Pope during World War Two.
The Church generally "renders unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." Naturally enough, it takes flak from Caesar's enemies for doing so.
