Why Is Jeremiah Called Pope Francis

Jeremiah and Pope Francis

Jeremiah lived in the southern Kingdom of Judah around 600 BC. In this kingdom they had many problems, they didn’t follow the laws of God, the boasted about riches, they worshipped false gods, they ignored the poor, they didn’t work for peace and justice, and they didn’t keep the covenant. This made God angry. Jeremiah told them that they need to be fair with each other and that they need to return to God. They people ignored him, beat him, and threw him in prison. This didn’t stop him though, he continued preaching about what will happen. He told them that they shall repent or the Temple will be destroyed. Jeremiah compared God to a potter who makes the clay into his liking and if it’s not to his liking he will make a new one, just like if God doesn’t like what he sees he will destroy you and re-form you to his liking.

He earned a secondary school degree in chemical technician, but he was called to priesthood. He joined the Society of Jesus, where he received a philosophy degree in 1963. He spent the next three years teaching psychology and literature. He studied theology from 1967 to 1970, when he was ordained a priest. He was ordained on December 13, 1969. In 1992, he became auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and in 1997 he became coadjutor of Buenos Aires. He later became the Archbishop, which made him the bishop of the Ordinate for Eastern Rite Catholics in Argentina. In 2001, he became a cardinal of a Roman parish associated with the Jesuit Order. On March 13, 2013 he became bishop and chose the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. Pope Francis is like Jeremiah because they both want people to be treated fairly, with peace and