Religion in Italy North-West, 62%, 16% and 13%, respectively. The headquarters of the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church, the State of Vatican City (see also Holy See), is an enclave within the city of Rome and, thus, the Italian territory. The Church's world leader, the Pope, is the Bishop of Rome, hence the special relationship between Italians and the Church—and the latter's entanglement with Italian politics (see Lateran Treaty and the section below on religion and politics). The current Pope is Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who, before his election in 2013, is from Argentina and was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1998
Óscar Jorge Pampa, in 1991, and served for three consecutive terms until 2003. He was then appointed as President of the Bank of La Pampa. In 2007 Jorge beat his former mentor Rubén Marín in the Justicialist primary for the governorship of La Pampa. He was elected, besting Radical Senator Juan Carlos Marino, and again defeated Marino for re-election in 2011. Óscar Jorge Óscar Mario Jorge (born 14 July 1936) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He is governor of La Pampa Province. Born in Caleufú, La Pampa, Jorge enrolled at the National University of La Pampa, and earned a degree in