"POPE FRANCIS IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE 1.2 BILLION ROMAN CATHOLICS"

The election of the son of the Italian immigrants, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina, the Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergogblio as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is a major global development today in our 21st century human universe because of the power, the position and the global importance of the 1.2 billion members of the Roman Church worldwide or 17% of the world's current human population of 7 billion people. This is also the first time in the last 1,200 years that a non-European who is from a developing nation was elected as the Pope of the Catholic Church. The new Pope after his election today immediately adopted the named "Francis" as his papal name in honor of the Francis of Assisi.

Who is Pope Francis? What does he stand for? What are his core beliefs? Is this new Pope an agent of change that will truly reform the Roman Catholic Church? How will he handle the massive sex scandals that have befallen the Roman Catholic Church worldwide? What will this new Pope do with the Roman Catholic Church that is presently faced with the major challenge on the issue of the same-sex marriage? Will Pope Francis continue to be an anti-establishment figure who will speak hard truths to powers and continue to fight against the sharp-elbow global capitalism that lacked human face, social and economic justice that has put hundreds of millions of hardworking people in abject poverty worldwide?

Before his elevation today as the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the secular head of the Vatican City. This former high school chemistry teacher in Argentina with a master of science degree in chemistry speaks Spanish, Italian and German fluently. He lived in an apartment in Argentina and never in a mansion. This man cooked his own meals from his own kitchen without hiring cooks. This man rode public transportation (the bus) to work from his apartment in Argentina. This man spoke loudly against abortion and publicly supported the use of limited contraceptions to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. This man opposed the same-sex marriage and called it "demonic in origin". This man spoke against chronic poverty and economic structures that promoted financial inequalities and he called them the violations of human rights in the world today.

In conclusion, the next few days, weeks and months ahead of us will all continue to reveal to us gradually the true nature of the new Pope to the Roman Catholic Church in particular and the the rest of the members of the human family in general. Will Pope Francis continue on his already known and established positions on the world's most important issues of today or he will completely deviate from his old path that he followed and known for  before his ascension today into the headship of the Roman Catholic Church?  Only time and time alone can tell.