RIP David Mainse

Remembering one of my heroes today

Roy Orbison remembered, 25 years later

Interesting facts about Pope Francis I

Pope Francis I

Habemus papam!

Last Wednesday (March 13), Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, became the new pontiff of the Catholic Church. He is the 266th pope. Yesterday I collected some facts about him, courtesy of CHFI 98.1 FM (Toronto):

He was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

He's the first pope of the Western world and the Americas (not the first non-European pope as some have reported).

The first Jesuit pope.

The first to take the name Francis - after St Francis of Assisi.

We also know that he's 76 and only has one lung. He lost a lung to severe fungal pneumonia when he was a teenager. Doctors say that should not interfere with his ability to do his job, or travel.

RIP Stompin' Tom Connors