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1. Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected to the Papacy in 2013 under unusual circumstances, though not of his doing. His predecessor made the decision to resign, an act which hadn't occurred in nearly 600 years. Who was it?
2. In his early life, Francis worked many secular jobs including as a janitor, a chemical technician, and even as a bouncer for a bar before ultimately joining what Catholic group?
3. While he lived in Argentina in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Francis precariously balanced his ministry's interests with the corrupt Argentine government, causing some controversy. What type of government was in power at the time?
4. Francis was said to have helped many people privately during the "Dirty War" in Argentina. In an interview with the Argentinian newspaper "Perfil", what did Francis say he had given one man who was trying to enter Brazil to escape his imminent imprisonment and death?
5. Francis was sitting next to his friend, the Brazilian cardinal Claudio Hummes, when it was finally apparent that he had been elected the next pope. After embracing him, what did Cardinal Hummes suggest he should not forget?
6. Francis had been chosen by the cardinals to lead the Roman Catholic Church. The only boundary left toward becoming Pope was spiritual. Before he took his place on the balcony to announce his ascension to the position, Francis sat alone in a room to decide whether or not he wanted to accept. He said he was anxious at first, but was then filled with a bright light and overcome with a certain calmness. He then knew he had a calling to be Pope. That calling also helped him choose the name of what saint?
7. "How I would love a Church that is poor and for the poor," Francis said in an interview, explaining why he chose his papal name. Which of the following acts was NOT something Francis has done to demonstrate his belief in this idea?
8. In an interview with the Jesuit magazine "America" shortly after he became Pope, what did Francis say when he was asked to give a description of himself as an introduction to the world?
9. In Francis' first papal exhortation titled "Joy of the Gospel", many commentators were upset that he was attacking capitalism, with some calling the exhortation "pure Marxism". What economic idea, verbatim, did Francis actually criticize in the exhortation?
10. In March of 2014, a German bishop named Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, also known as the "Bishop of Bling", was removed from his diocese by Francis for what offense?
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