He is Argentine but he was an Italian immigrant. In argentina he travels by public transportation. A pope of the people
He is the
son of Italian immigrants. He was born in Buenos Aires.
His Wiki page seems fairly accurate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_FrancisAnyway, I'm pleased by this choice. South Americans make up a huge percentage of the faithful, so it's great that they're finally represented. But like Richie says, Pope Francis has Italian blood

.