On March 13, 2013, after the fifth vote in the conclave, all members of the Cardinal College chose as the Pontiff number 266 of the Catholic Church to the Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who would become the Pope Francis as the successor of Benedict XVI in the state of the city of the Vatican.
A few days later, the younger sister of the Holy Father, María Elena Bergoglio, She was interviewed by the Argentine magazine Hello!where he revealed that he had seen him before leaving for Rome, Italy, to attend the historic conclave in which he ended up elected as the first pontiff born in territory Latin American.
On that occasion, Mariela, as her relatives tell her, said she was “very united” with his older brother Jorge, 12 years older than her, and was encouraged to ensure that the Argentine was going to be “A Pope who will change to the Catholic Church”because he was a person who communicated clearly and made difficult decisions quickly.
“They barely named my brother, the phone began to sound. And so it was all day. I could not sleep because they immediately knocked on the door. The first thing I thought was that things were no longer going to be the same. And it seems to me that I was not wrong. My life really changed”, Mariela said alone 24 hours after Francisco’s choice.
Pope Francis’s sister
More than 12 years ago, María Elena Bergoglio said that the situation was “very big”, but with the passage of time, little by little, it was going to be able to assimilate the fact that he had an older brother who was the great pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, who was also the bishop of Rome and the sovereign of the state of the city of the Vatican.
“He was always a companion brother, very present beyond the distances and his commitments to the Church. Before being Pope, we usually organized us to share some lunch where he cooked, because he loves doing Squid and risotto of funguswho learned from a recipe from our grandmother, “Mariela added.
According to the younger sister of the Holy Father, Francisco was going to be able to change the Catholic Church for her Great heart And because of the clarity he had to convey his ideas: “I always admired the simplicity with which he shares his thoughts. He is a very Reflective that inevitably forces you to think much more, “he added.
“I know him and I feel that he will produce changes in the church. Not only because he is a man fullfirm and admirable convictions, but because it will have everyone’s support through the prayer. He always asked us to pray for him and so he made his way, “said María Elena, in a prophetic statement.
In turn, Francisco’s younger sister revealed that Jorge Mario Bergoglio loved Buenos Aires And that surely for him it was going to be very hard to be far from his house: “The role of the Pope is a very lonely and demandingin which decisions are made every day. I’m sure he will miss being in Argentina“He said.
Surprisingly, despite these statements, Pope Francis never returned to Argentina after becoming the Supreme Pontiff, and no matter how political ends“