Laboratory where he worked under Esther Ballestrino. Earlier, he had been a bouncer and a janitor.

When he was 21 years old, after life-threatening pneumonia and three cysts, Bergoglio had part of a lung excised.

Priesthood

Training and early priesthood (1958-1973)

While on his way to celebrate the Spring Day, Bergoglio passed by a church to go to