My Pope Philippines – August 2018

PHOTOS FROM CORBIS, GETTY IMAGES, GOOGLE MAP, FREEPIK, LA PRESSE, AND PIXABAY.

Wedding Day Thanks

to Fr. Pozzoli, Regina

Maria Sivori and Mario

José Bergoglio found

each other! The couple

married on December

12, 1935, at the

Basilica of San Carlo

Borromeo and Maria

Ausiliatrice.

UNLIKELY

MATCHMAKER

Fr. Pozzoli was born in Senna

Lodigiana, in the vicinity of Lodi

in 1880. He moved to Argentina

in 1906, where he died in 1961.

He was a very important figure

for the Bergoglio family—and

not just because he baptized

the children. As Pope Francis

mentioned in a letter written

on the 29th anniversary of the

priest’s death. “Fr. Pozzoli was

very close to the Sivoris, my

mother’s family that lived in

Quintino Bocayuva 556. My

mom’s brothers, especially the

eldest, Vicente, were very close

to him.” It was also through

the Salesian priest that Jorge’s

parents met.

“When Papa arrived in Buenos

Aires, he went to live with

the Salesian Fathers in calle

Across the Sea

The ship Julius

Caesar brought

the Bergoglio

family to their new

home: Argentina.