My Pope Philippines – August 2018

Special Report

His First

Home

After erroneous reports, a historian has finally identified

the house in which the future Pope Francis was born.

Buenos Aires

home was located at Calle

Membrillar in the Flores

district. This place has become

one of the destinations that

is not to be missed by both

tourists and the faithful who

go to Buenos Aires. It is also

the highlight of the “Circuito

Papal,” the tour bus that brings

visitors to places linked to the

Holy Father.

I

t was a mystery that would

surface every so often:

Where was Pope Francis

really born on December 17,

1936? Various “sources” (that

is, scholars and journalists

who reconstructed the life

of Pope Francis by looking

up documents and meeting

with people who knew him)

maintained that his childhood

The White House

The house on

Avenida Varela

268 where the

Pope was born

has a balcony

and a small

terrace on the

second floor.

by Matteo Valsecchi