Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts

September 29, 2015

Dr. Scott Johnson: [9.27.15] End Time Current Events.

[9.27.15] End Time Current Events.

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*Part 1 Table of Contents:
• Devil Pope Addressing the UN says environmental degradation threatens the ‘Very existence of human species’ at risk…
• The Pope & the One World Religion for the One World Government
• The Pope Pushes Communism Across America



*Part 2 Table of Contents:

• The Pope’s Church is the Largest, Richest Corporation in the World!
• VATICAN HAS STRICTEST IMMIGRATION POLICY IN WORLD…Women allowed only if married to Swiss Guard or other legal citizen…



    *Part 3 Table of Contents:

    • PHOTOS: Pope’s border wall around Vatican…
    • RED ALERT : The Forked-Tongued Catholic Pope Say`s Jesus Failed at Cross!!
    • Pope Francis to Release Pop-Rock Album ‘Wake Up!’ This November-This is not Satire
    • Listener Comment About Pope Francis In Washington DC
    • Pope Francis U.S. Visit 2015 Schedule and Dates: Pontiff Invites Rick Warren To Speak at Philadelphia Conference on Family



      *Part 4 Table of Contents:

      • Pope Francis, Rick Warren, and That 2014 Catholic Interview No One Thought Important? Reminder of Its Revealing Facts About “America’s Pastor”
      • Is The Rule Of Law Being Done Away With In Order To Prepare The Reign Of The Anti-Christ? Why Is The Illuminati Spending So Much Time And Effort To Protect This Pope More Than All The Others?
      • Third World Muslim Invasion: Horrific Eyewitness Description From Germany–Human Feces is Their Favorite Weapon–September 5, 2015



        *Part 5 Table of Contents:

        • These Muslims Are Not Immigrants, They Are Colonists With Bad Intentions
        • In Fort Collins, CO, Rocky Mountain High School Principal, Tom Lopez, has his students reciting “In Allah we Trust” when saying the Pledge of Allegiance
        • The Largest “Christian” College in America: Liberty University Welcomes Socialist Bernie Sanders to Address Student Body: ‘We Have Same Goals’
        • Pro-Gay, Pro-Abortion Socialist Bernie Sanders Given Wild Applause At Apostate “Christian” Liberty University
        • New Agers Back Socialist Sanders as their Political Messiah


          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          April 7, 2014

          Dr. Scott Johnson: [4.6.14] End Time Current Events.

          [4.6.14] End Time Current Events.

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          *Part 1 Table of Contents:

          • EPIDEMIC: At Least 22 Veterans Commit Suicide Each Day…
          • Army Admits Fort Hood Shooter Was on Psychiatric Drugs
          • FORT HOOD AND ALL THE OTHER MASS SHOOTINGS ARE MIND CONTROLLED SHOOTERS
          • The Illuminati Formula to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Control Slave
          • Beyond Treason-The Horrific Reality of Gulf War Syndrome
          • A Listener Testimony regarding military experimental vaccines


          *Part 2 Table of Contents:

          • GET OUT OF THE MILITARY, DON’T ENLIST–By: Devvy Kidd
          • Soviet Sweden? Model Nation Sliding to Third World
          • Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Overview
          • CRAZY! Pope Francis to Be Seen Worldwide In 3D on April 27th!


          *Part 3 Table of Contents:

          • The Noah Movie Deception Exposed
          • Listener Question: Why would God let someone be born that he knows will end up in hell? Wouldn’t it be better for the person to never be born at all?
          • Listener Comment & My Response on: “Faith & Works”


          *Part 4 Table of Contents:

          • A terrifying fight against the deadliest virus on Earth: Medic reveals true horror of Ebola outbreak as incurable disease liquefies victims from the inside
          • The Ebola Outbreak Is Spreading: Pray to God It Doesn’t Hitch A Ride To The West
          • Angry mob attacks Ebola treatment center…
          • Outbreak is a 1995 American medical disaster film about an Ebola like Pandemic
          • US Licensing LIVE Rabies Based EBOLA Vaccine, Preps Pandemic Quarantine Stations & Injury Fund
          • Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Multivalent Vaccines for Rabies Virus and Ebola and Marburg (Filoviruses)
          • “Zombie Virus” Possible via Rabies-Flu Hybrid?
          • Vaccine warfare! Texas air-drops rabies vaccines for animals over a 7,000 sq. miles area
          • The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has already conducted bizarre experiments on genetically engineered mosquitoes that carry vaccines to be silently injected into unsuspecting humans and have also invested heavily in a covert vaccination technology that could vaccinate you with a spray mist used at airport security checkpoints
          • ‘I Am Legend’ and the Depopulation Agenda
          • Vaccine For Rabies and their Diabolical Ingredients
          • US Government Showing Major Concern For A Devastating ZERO DAY Pandemic Exploit
          • Dr. Johnson’s Presentation: Avian Flu – Killer of Millions  
          • Recommended Protocols for Ebola and Rabies



          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          March 31, 2014

          Dr. Scott Johnson: [3.30.14] End Time Current Events.

          [3.30.14] End Time Current Events.

          **PDF - [3.30.14] Obama/Pope/Antichrist Questions**

          *Part 1 Table of Contents:

          • How to Biblically spot deception
          • When to debate and when not to debate
          • www.testimonyofthetwowitnesses.com Exposed!!



          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          January 30, 2014

          Dr. Scott Johnson: [12.29.13] End Time Current Events.

          [12.29.13] End Time Current Events.

          **PDF - [12.29.13] End Time Current Events**

          *Part 1 Table of Contents:

          • Atheists, Work With Us for Peace, Pope Says on X-mas
          • The Vatican’s Billions
          • Part 1: Eastern Exodus–Some Protestant leaders are leaving their evangelical roots for Catholic and Orthodox churches


          *Part 2 Table of Contents:

          • Eastern Exodus–Some Protestant leaders are leaving their evangelical roots for Catholic and Orthodox churches


          *Part 3 Table of Contents:

          • A Devastating False Flag Attack Event Is Coming Our Way – The New Madrid Fault – Earthquakes – Gatlinburg TN – The Gulf Oil Disaster – The Salt Domes of Louisiana – HAARP
          • Listener Question: Have you found your topics to be dangerous or have they got you into trouble?


          *Part 4 Table of Contents:

          • Cost Effective, Powerful Detoxification Regimes
          • 24 Pages of Cost Effective Powerful “Do it Yourself” Detoxification Protocols
          • The Liver and Gallbladder Flush
          • Oil Pulling For Health, Even if You Aren’t a Texas Oil Tycoon
          • The MORGELLONS – CHEMTRAILS: WINE / PEROXIDE TEST / Detox
          • FOOD GRADE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH HEALTH BENEFITS FOR HUMANS
          • Super ll Formula-Harmony Formulas strongest bowel cleanser
          • Gravity Fed Water Purification & Fluoride Removal System: ProPur
          • Extremely Important: Fluoride Treatment – 5 Ways to Detox Fluoride
          • Researchers Develop Herbal Method to Remove Fluoride from Drinking Water
          • Worried About Fluoride Exposure? Protect Yourself with Selenium
          • Reverse Osmosis & Fluoride: An Invisible Killer
          • The lemon detox diet / Master Cleanse — a recipe that really works


          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          May 22, 2013

          Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics.

          FORKED TONGUED LIAR!


          *Source: Huffington Post


          Pope Francis Atheists 
           


          Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.

          During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, Francis emphasized the importance of "doing good" as a principle that unites all humanity, and a "culture of encounter" to support peace.

          Using scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Pope Francis explained how upset Jesus' disciples were that someone outside their group was doing good, according to a report from Vatican Radio.

          “They complain,” the Pope said in his homily, because they say, “If he is not one of us, he cannot do good. If he is not of our party, he cannot do good.” And Jesus corrects them: “Do not hinder him, he says, let him do good.” The disciples, Pope Francis explains, “were a little intolerant,” closed off by the idea of ​​possessing the truth, convinced that “those who do not have the truth, cannot do good.” “This was wrong . . . Jesus broadens the horizon.” Pope Francis said, “The root of this possibility of doing good – that we all have – is in creation”

          Pope Francis went further in his sermon to say:

          "The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and He does good and all of us have this commandment at heart: do good and do not do evil. All of us. ‘But, Father, this is not Catholic! He cannot do good.’ Yes, he can... "The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!".. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.”

          Responding to the leader of the Roman Catholic church's homily, Father James Martin, S.J. wrote in an email to The Huffington Post:

          "Pope Francis is saying, more clearly than ever before, that Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for everyone. That's always been a Christian belief. You can find St. Paul saying in the First Letter to Timothy that Jesus gave himself as a "ransom for all." But rarely do you hear it said by Catholics so forcefully, and with such evident joy. And in this era of religious controversies, it's a timely reminder that God cannot be confined to our narrow categories."

          Of course, not all Christians believe that those who don't believe will be redeemed, and the Pope's words may spark memories of the deep divisions from the Protestant reformation over the belief in redemption through grace versus redemption through works.

          The pope's comment has also struck a chord on Reddit, where it is the second most-shared piece.

          More from Reuters:

          Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions - or no religion - work together.

          The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in the homily of his morning Mass in his residence, a daily event where he speaks without prepared comments.

          He told the story of a Catholic who asked a priest if even atheists had been redeemed by Jesus.

          "Even them, everyone," the pope answered, according to Vatican Radio. "We all have the duty to do good," he said.

          "Just do good and we'll find a meeting point," the pope said in a hypothetical conversation in which someone told a priest: "But I don't believe. I'm an atheist."

          Francis's reaching out to atheists and people who belong to no religion is a marked contrast to the attitude of former Pope Benedict, who sometimes left non-Catholics feeling that he saw them as second-class believers.

          March 26, 2013

          Pope Wants Church To ‘Intensify’ Dialogue With Islam

          *Source: Al Arabiya


           
           Pope Francis celebrated his inaugural mass on Tuesday among political and religious leaders from around the world and amid a wave of hope for a renewal of the scandal-plagued Roman Catholic Church. (AFP)
           
          Pope Francis on Friday called for the Roman Catholic Church to “intensify” its dialogue with Islam, echoing hopes in the Muslim world for better ties with the Vatican during his reign.

          “It is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam,” the new pontiff said in an address to foreign ambassadors at the Vatican.

          Francis’s predecessor Benedict XVI was seen by some Muslim leaders as hostile to Islam and the change at the top had been welcomed by the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning.

          Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, head of the Saudi-based OIC, said earlier this month that he hoped “the relationship between Islam and Christianity will regain its cordiality and sincere friendship”.

          Mahmud Azab, adviser for inter-faith affairs to Al-Azhar imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb in Cairo, also told AFP earlier: “As soon as a new policy emerges, we will resume the dialogue with the Vatican”.

          Al-Azhar broke off ties in 2011 after Benedict called for the protection of Christian minorities following a suicide bombing at a church in Egypt.

          Benedict was also heavily criticized early in his reign when he recounted a Byzantine emperor’s description of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a warmonger who spread evil teachings.

          In his address on Friday, Francis also called for the Church to dialogue more with non-believers -- returning to an effort begun during Benedict’s reign amid rising secularism in the Western world.

          “It is also important to intensify outreach to non-believers so that the differences which divide and hurt us may never prevail but rather the desire to build true links of friendship,” he said.

          The Argentine pope said he wanted to “build bridges connecting all people” and said this was particularly significant for him personally because of his own Italian immigrant roots.

          “This dialogue between places and cultures a great distance apart matters greatly to me,” he said.

          Francis referred to it as a “dialogue between one end of the world and the other, which today are growing ever closer, more interdependent”.

          The 76-year-old pope elected last week has named himself after St Francis of Assisi -- a mediaeval Italian saint who shunned riches to live a life of poverty, and he said he wanted the Church to struggle against poverty in all its forms.

          “How many poor people there still are in the world!” he said, adding that there was also a “spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called rich countries particularly seriously”.

          In a further indication of the humble image he has projected ever since being elected last Wednesday, the pope earlier on Thursday celebrated a mass for Vatican gardeners and rubbish collectors.

          The Vatican said earlier he will hold a special pre-Easter mass next week in a youth prison during which he will wash the feet of 12 young offenders in a traditional Catholic ritual representing Jesus Christ’s actions with his 12 apostles. 

          March 25, 2013

          Dr. Scott Johnson: [3.24.13] End Time Current Events.

          [3.24.13] End Time Current Events.

          **PDF: [3.24.13]  End Time Current Events.**

          *Part 1 Table of Contents:

          • 1 Peter 1 Bible Study
          • Cyprus bank insolvency crisis quickly escalating; may set off EU bankageddon
          • Saber rattling intensifies: North Korea warns war is coming
          • Retired Army Captain Warns DHS Acquisitions are ‘bold threat of war’ Against the American People–Says Americans may have to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against the Obama Administration’s “coup” against the People



          *Part 2 Table of Contents:

          • Obama Now Global Head of Al-Qaeda
          • Breaking: US unblocks $500M for Islamic Palestinians
          • Breaking: Israel fires into Syria after Golan attack on troops
          • Pope Francis Now Urges All Religions To Unite, And He Spake As A Dragon
          • Vatican calls for world government and a New World Order
          • With The Final Pope Enthroned, The Jewish Press Calls On Muslims And Jews To Rise Up Together Now And Rebuild The (Final) Temple Of Solomon In Jerusalem
          • Pope to get seat over the Tomb of King David
          • Vatican to begin tracking clergy and employees with RFID cards- Are Implantable Microchips Next?
          • End Time Unity Around False Marian Theology
          • Catholics adore a 750 Year Old Skeleton and “feast of its tongue”
          • Comparison of the Catholic 10 Commandments vs. the Biblical 10 Commandments



          *Part 3 Table of Contents:

          • “Burkas for babies”: Saudi cleric’s new fatwa causes controversy
          • Celebrity Saudi preacher who ‘raped’ and tortured his five-year-old daughter to death-Escapes with light sentence: Campaign to give women and children better protection gaining momentum
          • Staggering Numbers of Women Converting to Islam
          • Female Genital Mutilation on Rise in U.S.
          • Students made to wear burqas … in Texas
          • Texas teaching ‘Allah is the Almighty God’ & how to convert to Islam



          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          March 17, 2013

          Dr. Scott Johnson: [3.17.13] End Time Current Events

          [3.17.13] End Time Current Events.

          **PDF: [3.17.13]  End Time Current Events.**

          *Part 1 Table of Contents:

          • Psalm 5 Study
          • The new Pope was elected on 3/13/2013 at 7:06PM Rome time, which just so happens to be 66 minutes past the 6th hour (666) – Both the date and the time obviously contain strong “Occult Signatures”! This new Pope is also the First Jesuit Pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Death Cult.
          • Rick Warren endorses the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope again!–Does Warren understand that the Pope is the future False Prophet?
          • The Jesuit “Extreme Oath of Induction” & the Black Pope Exposed



          *Part 2 Table of Contents:

          • New Pope Tied to Argentina’s Dirty War
          • Accused Criminal becomes first Jesuit Pope – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, tainted with Dirty War allegations & “baby trafficking”, new Pontiff of Rome
          • Vatican Department Shares Rome Palazzo With Largest Gay Sauna
          • North Korea has thrust the Korean Peninsula back into a state of war as she canceled the temporary Armistice Agreement of 1952–What does the Illuminati plan say about Korea?
          • Obama Poised to Carry Out Hostile Military Takeover of US
          • Christian family facing deportation by the Obama Administration for Homeschooling
          • PENTECOSTALS ACCEPT GAYS
          • End Time Flagrant Sodomite Agenda–David’s Homosexual Proposal – The New Normal TV Show



          *Part 3 Table of Contents:

          • La Santa Muerte’ “Angel of Death” Cult Spreading Across US
          • An act of terror which could plunge the entire Middle East into all-out war has occurred on the most sensitive of all areas — the Temple Mount.
          • Ahmadinejad Elevates Chavez to Messiah-Status: He Is Returning to Earth With Jesus & the 12th Imam
          • The US supply Islamic terrorists with the help of Saudi King
          • Air Force Chaplain Awarded Bronze Star for PowerPoint Teaching Proper Sensitivity for the Koran/THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS-TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN US MILITARY UNDERWAY!
          • New Age Channeler: Spaceships And Their 20 Million Inhabitants Getting Ready To Uncloak?



          **Dr. Scott Johnson**
          http://www.contendingfortruth.com

          March 13, 2013

          Argentina's Bergoglio Elected As New Pope Francis

          Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. REUTERS-Dylan Martinez
          Newly elected Pope Francis (C), Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. REUTERS-Tony Gentile
          Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina (2nd L), appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. REUTERS-Alessandro Bianchi


          VATICAN CITY |
          Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:48pm EDT

           
          VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, taking the name Francis I and becoming the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years.
          Pope Francis, 76, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica just over an hour after white smoke poured from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel to signal 115 cardinal electors had chosen him to lead the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

          "Pray for me," the new pontiff, dressed in the white robes of a pope for the first time, urged a crowd of tens of thousands of people waiting in the square below.

          The choice of Bergoglio, who is the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, was announced by French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran with the Latin words "Habemus Papam" ("We have a pope.")

          Francis has became the 266th pontiff in the Church's 2,000-year history at a time of great crisis, with the church under fire over a child sex abuse scandal and torn by infighting in the Vatican bureaucracy.

          Although a conservative theologically, Francis is known for his concern for the poor and is expected to bring a radical change of style to the Church leadership, indicated by his choice for the first time of the name of St Francis of Assisi, who died in 1226 after living a life of poverty and simplicity.

          He immediately showed the difference from his predecessor Benedict, an aloof theologian, with a gesture of humility, asking the waiting crowd to bless him before he blessed them.

          Bergoglio shunned the papal limousine after his appearance on the balcony and chose to take a shuttle bus with other cardinals back to the Vatican residence where they are staying, for an evening meal.
          Bergoglio is known as a humble man who leads an austere and sober life without ostentation, travelling by public transport and living in a small apartment outside Buenos Aires.

          He is willing to challenge powerful interests and is deeply concerned about the social inequalities in Argentina and elsewhere in Latin America. He has had a sometimes difficult relationship with President Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor Nestor Kirchner.

          Francis has spoken out strongly against gay marriage, denouncing it in 2010 as "an attempt to destroy God's plan".

          ARGENTINES JUBILANT

          Jubilant Argentines poured into churches, some crying and praying, after the announcement at the Vatican. "This is a blessing for Argentina," one woman shouted on a Buenos Aires street.

          "I hope he changes all the luxury that exists in the Vatican, that he steers the church in a more humble direction, something closer to the gospel," said Jorge Andres Lobato, a 73-year-old retired state prosecutor.
          The election was enthusiastically welcomed elsewhere in Latin America too.

          "We're happy because we have a new pope and because the choice of a Latin American shows that the Church is opening, is now focused on the entire Church. It's not just a church only focused on Europe," said Leonardo Steiner, general secretary of the national conference of Brazilian bishops.

          Francis was not among the small group of front runners identified before the election. The Jesuit order to which he belongs was founded in the 16th century to serve the pope. It is best known for its work in education and the intellectual prowess of its members.

          The monks at the convent of St. Francis in Assisi were overjoyed at the election of Bergoglio and his decision to take the name Francis for a pontiff for the first time.

          "St. Francis still points to the path of humility and evangelical simplicity," said the abbot, Father Mauro Gambetti.

          Italian theologian Massimo Faggioli told Reuters: "I don't expect him to change on doctrine, but he is a more pastoral person. It seems that this pope will be more aware of what life is all about."

          Faggioli, a professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, added: "He will have more room to make his message heard than Benedict did. The papacy needs to have an audience more open to listen to what the pope says. He is not an outsider. He didn't present himself as a reformer with hatchet in hand."
          Bergoglio was born into a middle-class family of seven, his father an Italian immigrant railway worker and his mother a housewife.

          Replacing Pope Benedict, who resigned last month, he overturned one of the main assumptions before the election, that the new pope would be relatively young.

          Bergoglio is the oldest of most of the possible candidates and was barely mentioned in feverish speculation about the top contenders before the conclave.

          He is the first non-European pope since Syrian-born Gregory III in the eighth century, and the third successive non-Italian pontiff.

          The Vatican said his inaugural mass would be on March 19.
          U.S. President Barack Obama said the election of Francis "speaks to the strength and vitality of a region that is increasingly shaping our world."

          "PRAY FOR BENEDICT"

          In brief remarks from the balcony of St. Peter's, Francis called on the faithful to pray for Benedict and said the Church was setting off on a "journey of fraternity, of love, of trust".

          It seemed the cardinal electors "went to the end of the world" to find him, he said.

          The Vatican said Francis would visit Benedict soon at his temporary home in the summer papal residence outside Rome.

          Thousands of people sheltering from heavy rain under a sea of umbrellas had occupied the square all day to await the decision and the crowd swelled as soon as the white smoke emerged.

          They cheered wildly and raced towards the basilica as the smoke billowed from a narrow makeshift chimney and St Peter's bells rang.

          The tens of thousands in the square cheered even more loudly when Francis appeared, the first pontiff to take that name. "Viva il Papa (pope)," they chanted.

          Front runners at the conclave had included Brazilian Odilo Scherer, and Italy's Angelo Scola, who would have returned the papacy to traditional Italian hands after 35 years of the German Benedict XVI and Polish John Paul II.

          The decision by cardinal electors sequestered in a secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel came sooner than many experts expected because there were several front runners before the vote to replace Pope Benedict.
          The cardinals faced a thorny task in finding a leader capable of overcoming crises caused by priestly child abuse and a leak of secret papal documents that uncovered corruption and rivalry inside the Church government or Curia.

          Francis will head a Church also shaken by rivalry from other churches, the advance of secularism, especially in its European heartland, and allegations of scandal at the Vatican bank.

          The series of crises is thought to have contributed to Benedict's decision to become the first pontiff in 600 years to abdicate.

          RIVAL TO RATZINGER IN 2005

          Bergoglio was a moderate rival candidate at the 2005 conclave to the conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who went on to become Benedict.

          Italian media say he impressed cardinals in pre-conclave meetings where they discussed the Church's problems.

          Reserved and humble, Francis does not fit the profile of an active preacher that many cardinals had previously said they were seeking. He studied chemistry before joining the priesthood nearly a decade after losing a lung to respiratory illness.

          The secret conclave began on Tuesday night with a first ballot and four ballots were held on Wednesday. Francis obtained the required two thirds majority in the fifth ballot.

          The previous four popes were all elected within two or three days.

          In preparatory meetings before the conclave, the cardinals seemed divided between those who believe the new pontiff must be a strong manager to get the dysfunctional bureaucracy under control and others who are looking more for a proven pastoral figure to revitalize their faith across the globe.

          Apart from Brazil's Scherer and Italy's Scola, a host of other candidates from numerous nations had also been mentioned as potential popes - including U.S. cardinals Timothy Dolan and Sean O'Malley, Canada's Marc Ouellet and Argentina's Leonardo Sandri.

          But the front runners' list never mentioned Bergoglio.

          (Additional reporting by Naomi O'Leary, Catherine Hornby, Crispian Balmer and Tom Heneghan in Rome, Dave Graham in Mexico City, Ana Flor in Brasilia, Nicolas Misculin and Juliana Castilla in Buenos Aires; Writing by Barry Moody; Editing by Keith Weir, Alastair Macdonald and Giles Elgood)