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July 31, 2017
Why you've never seen an interview with the Pope's mom What TiR's pointless notes reflect it to have been wondering about two years ago at about this time:
TiR's provisional answer: No. Research: Pope Francis Became Pope in 2013 parentage: Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a barrio of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio, an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy's Piedmont region, and his wife Regina María Sívori, a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin. father died: 1958 On March 11, 1958, Jorge entered the Society of Jesus. After a brief preparation in Córdoba, Jorge traveled to Santiago, Chile, where he entered the novitiate. The following year he experienced the first great bereavement of his life when his father died of a sudden heart attack. His mother now had four children to look after and was unable to call on Jorge for assistance. mother (born 1911) died: 1981? Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Benedict: Became Pope in 2005. He was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., a police officer, and his wife, Maria (née Peintner), whose family were from South Tyrol. father died: 1959 mother died: 1963 Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. JPII: Became Pope in 1978 Karol Józef Wojtyła was born in the Polish town of Wadowice. He was the youngest of three children born to Karol Wojtyła (1879-1941), an ethnic Pole, and Emilia Kaczorowska (1884-1929), whose mother's maiden surname was Scholz. Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. JPI: Became Pope in 1978. He was the son of Giovanni Luciani (1872?-1952), a bricklayer, and Bortola Tancon (1879?-1948). Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Paul VI: Became Pope in 1963. His father Giorgio Montini was a lawyer, journalist, director of the Catholic Action and member of the Italian Parliament. His mother was Giudetta Alghisi, from a family of rural nobility.
Conclusion:
No living parents when became Pope. He was the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Roncalli (1854 - July 1935) and his wife Marianna Giulia Mazzolla (1855 - 20 February 1939). Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Pius XII: Became Pope in 1939 His parents were Filippo Pacelli (1837-1916) and Virginia (née Graziosi) Pacelli (1844-1920). Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Pius XI: Became Pope in 1922 Achille Ratti was born in Desio, in the province of Milan, in 1857, the son of an owner of a silk factory. father (Francesco Ratti) died: 1881 Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Benedict XV: Became Pope in 1914 third son of Marchese Giuseppe della Chiesa and his wife Marchesa Giovanna Migliorati Conclusion: ?? (no info found) Pius X: Became Pope in 1903 He was the second born of ten children of Giovanni Battista Sarto (1792-1852) and Margarita Sanson (1813-94). Conclusion: No living parents when became Pope. Leo XIII: Became Pope in 1878 . . . he was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Ludovico Pecci and his wife Anna Prosperi Buzzi. Conclusion: ?? (no info found) How far back does one need to go?
These folks probably had extant parents.
Is there some kind of secret rule about this? If you want to be Pope, do you have to wait for your parents to die? Did history's more corrupt candidates kill them?
We may never know.
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