Pope Francis Pope Francis Pope Francis (; ; ; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's provincial superior of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998
Jorge Alfaro 107 major league at bats. In 2018, he batted .262/.324/.407 with 10 home runs in 344 major league at bats. On defense, in 2018 he had the best arm strength (90.8) and the third-best average pop time to second base (1.94 seconds) of all major league catchers. Alfaro's brother, Jhoandro is a catcher in the Chicago White Sox organization. Jorge Alfaro Jorge Mario Alfaro Buelvas (born June 11, 1993) is a Colombian professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2016. Alfaro signed with the Texas Rangers as a free