Pope Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, is the leader of the Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Bishop, and the ruler of the State of Vatican City.
Since Gregory III, a Syrian who ruled in the eighth century, Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside of Europe.
What time does the pope go to bed?
Reports say that the pope usually goes to sleep at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT), but wakes up at around 04:00 (03:00 GMT) every morning.
He stated in an interview “When I pray, sometimes I fall asleep,” he said in an episode of a Catholic TV2000 television programme published on Youtube. “Saint Therese used to do it too”, the 80-year-old pontiff said – in reference to the 19th Century Catholic saint. But he said that falling asleep during prayer actually pleased God and that Christians were called to “feel like children lying in their fathers’ arms”.
