Collection of Biographies, News, and Analysis of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis

Now that the whole world knows who is the new successor of St. Peter, there will be a rush to find out more about this man, where his priorities lie, the nature of his theological and political views, etc. As such, I have compiled the following links to biographies and analysis of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis I.

I will update this post regularly as new material appears online. If you know of any that I should add to the list, please leave a comment.

UPDATE (3/17/2013): I have decided to organize these articles by when they were written so that the reader can see how the commentary on Pope Francis has developed over time. Also, please note that while this compilation is extensive, it is by no means exhaustive. I am sure that there are some great articles that I have missed. Thirdly, I will only be chronicling the first week of his papacy. It would be too much of a burden to keep this up after that. Finally, the inclusion of an article to this list does not necessarily indicate an endorsement on my part.

Before his election:

• Jose Maria Poirier, The Catholic Herald: Quiet thunder in Argentina
• John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter: Profile: New pope, Jesuit Bergoglio, was runner-up in 2005 conclave
• Sandro Magister, Chiesa: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Profession: Servant of the Servants of God | Go Forth and Baptism. The Wager of the Argentine Church
• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Biographical Dictionary, "BERGOGLIO, S.J., Jorge Mario"
• Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider: "Careerism and vanity: Sins of the Church"
• Sefania Falasca, 30 Days: What I would have said at the Consistory: An interview with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires
• Gianni Valente, Vatican Insider: That neo-clericalism which “hijacks” the sacraments
• Judy Keane, Catholic Exchange: Red Shoes and the Room of Tears
• EWTN, The Voice of the Pastor: Exclusive interview with Cardinal-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio
• CWR Staff, Catholic World Report: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's Letter on the Year of Faith
• CWR Staff, Catholic World Report: Cardinal Bergoglio’s Letter to the Catechists of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Wed., Mar. 13 (the day of his election):

• Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: 10 Facts about Pope Francis
• Dr. Edward Mulholland, The Gregorian Blog: Three Keys to Pope Francis
• Francis X. Rocca, The Catholic Herald: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio: a profile
• The Contributor: New Pope Thinks Gay Adoption is a Form of Discrimination Against Children
• Anna Williams, First Things: More on Pope Francis
• John Haldane, First Things: A New Pope for a New Chapter in an Old Story
• Catholic World News: Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
• Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine: Habemus Papam!: Pope Francis [Ongoing Updates]
• Sandro Magister, Chiesa: The First Pope Named Francis
• Wikipedia: Pope Francis
• Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post: Jorge Mario Bergoglio known for simple lifestyle, conservative views
• Steven Ertelt, Life Site News: New Pope Francis Called Abortion the “Death Penalty for the Unborn”
• Olga Kazhan, The Atlantic: Pope Francis: The First Global Pontiff
• John Henry Westen, Life Site News: New Pope Francis called homosexual ‘marriage’ a ‘machination of the Father of Lies’
• Vatican Radio: Who Is Pope Francis?
• Breitbart News: New Pope: No Communion for Pro-Abortion Politicians
• Mark Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!: More Francis Love
• Nina Shea, National Review Online: Persecution and the Pope
• Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Cafe: Pro Pontifice nostro Francisco
• Damian Thompson, The Telegraph: Pope Francis I: a humble man from the New World whose first challenge is to end the scandals
• Terry Mattingly, Get Religion: Yes! Pope Francis is not from Europe!
• George Conger, Anglican Ink: Francis I a friend to Argentine Anglicans
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: Pope Francis and the Case for (Guarded) Traditionalist Optimism
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: How I received our new Pope
• Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register: Gay Groups Rush to Label New Pope "Hateful" and "Harsh"
• Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register: It's a Great Day to Be Catholic
• Amy Welborn, Charlotte Was Both: Who Is Pope Francis?
• Pia de Solenni, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis Takes a Cue from Benedict XVI: Prayer

Thurs., Mar. 14:

• Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: Traditionalists and Pope Francis: Can We Take a Deep Breath and Please Calm Down?
• Thomas G. Guarino, First Things: Pope Francis and the Papacy
• Skye Jethani, Christianity Today: New Pope Praised by Evangelicals
• Drew Belsky, American Thinker: Pope Francis: A Disappointment for Catholics Who Don't Like Being Catholic
• John Thavis, The Blog: Pope Francis' first 24 hours: Doing it his way
• Mark Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!: Pseudoknowledge | The Accuser of the Brethren Gets Right to Work
• Annie Karni, Crain's New York Business: Cuomo kin say nope to pope
• George Weigel, National Review Online: The First American Pope
• The Editors, National Review Online: A Francis for Our Time
• John Feister, National Review Online: A Welcome Francis
• Michael Pakaluk, National Review Online: The Peace of Pope Francis
• Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report: Pope Francis and the Humility of Orthodoxy
• Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head: Why Did Pope Francis Go to St. Mary Major?
• Fr. Dwight Longenecker, aleteia: A Pope from the Ends of the Earth
• Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald: Pope Francis - what's in a name?
• Giacomo Galeazzi, Vatican Insider: Scola betrayed by the Italians from the very first vote
• Chris Bain, Catholic Herald: Pope Francis will bring the spirit of St Francis of Assisi to the Church and world
• Terry Mattingly, Get Religion: A press litany: Will Pope Francis just hold that Vatican line? | Pope Francis on Page 1: Best and worst of local reax
• Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement: St. Francis and the Liturgy
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?:Updates on Pope Francis’ first day as Pope – Great moments! (live blogging) | Conclave concludes: Mass in the Sistine Chapel with Cardinals
• Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register: Papamoon!
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia: On Day One, Pope Rides the Bus and Pays the Bills | Francis' Agenda: "To Walk, To Build, To Profess Christ Crucified"
• Carson Holloway, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis: A "Brilliant" Move
• Pia de Solenni, Catholic Vote: Shoe Leather Evangelization
• Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester: Liturgical Doomsday! | What's in a name?
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: Reverse Pope Worship (Or why the identity of the Pope isn't as important as you think) | What We Do (and don't) Know about Pope Francis

Fri., Mar. 15:

• Giles Trimlett, The Guardian: Pope Francis's book reveals a radical progressive in the making
• Mark Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!: The Skeptical Mind Hard at Work | So, about that whole Bergoglio the Fascist Fiend narrative
• Terry Mattingly, Get Religion: Flooding the papal coverage zone | Pope Francis and the "Hand of God"
• Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement: Some Liturgical Thoughts for the NLM Following the Election of Pope Francis
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: Pope Francis - the real deal - has Audience with Cardinals | What Did St. Francis Really Say? Part 1
• Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register: Habemus @Pontifex: Social Media Greets Its Pope
• Fr. Raymond de Souza, National Catholic Register: Pope Francis and the Wisdom of Years
• Fr. C. John McCloskey, National Catholic Register: Orphans No More!
• Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress: The Jesuit in the Dominican Robes, with the Franciscan Name
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia: Il Poverello del Vaticano
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: Historic: for first time since schism, Ecumenical Patriarch will attend pope’s installation Mass
• Sister Mary Ann Walsh, USCCBlog: Pope Francis Has A Style All His Own
• Emily Stimpson, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis and St. Francis: "Preach the Gospel Always. And for the Love of God, Use Words."
• Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: Pope Francis: Devotion to Mary and the "New Evangelization"
• Patrick J. Reilly, Catholic Education Daily: Can Pope Francis renew Jesuit education?
• David Gibson, Religion News Service: The story behind Pope Francis' election
• Edward Peters, In the Light of the Law: When nothing else will work, accuse a Catholic prelate of NSO (Not Speaking Out)
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: Why This (Semi) Capitalist Wants a Social Justice Pope | How to Handle Doubt

Sat., Mar. 16:

• Judy Roberts, National Catholic Register: Archbishop Chaput on Pope Francis’ Election: ‘A Huge Benefit for the Church’
• Estafania Aquirre, National Catholic Register: Pope Francis Speaks to 5,000 Journalists at Paul VI Hall
• The Editors, National Catholic Register: Francis, Our Shepherd
• Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register: Pope: "How I Wish for a Church That is Poor and For The Poor!"
• Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress: All In: the Deep Evangelization of Pope Francis -UPDATED
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia: "I Want A Church Which Is Poor, And For the Poor!" – To the Press, Francis Talks His Name
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: Young Pope Francis turned to God after snub from childhood sweetheart
• Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com: First Impressions of Pope Francis
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: What Did St. Francis Really Say? Part 2
• Omar Gutierrez, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis the Liberator
• Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote: I Pray Pope Francis Is the Right Man for the Job
• Scott Simon with Mary Eberstadt, National Public Radio: A Catholic Viewpoint: Survival Requires Orthodoxy
• Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester: What's in a nickname?
• Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika: ‘Camminare, Edificare, Confessare’: The Crux of Francis’s Papacy
• Steve Delaney, American Thinker: Pope Francis, give us Apologists for Catholicism

Sun., Mar. 17:

• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: Liberals will soon turn on Pope Francis
• Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head: Is Pope Francis a Liturgical Liberal?
• Owen Swain, Journal: Pope Francis’s first Homily is good Tradition and good ‘New Evangelization’
• Scott Landry, The Good Catholic Life: Pope Francis’ First Sunday Angelus
• Estafania Aquirre, National Catholic Register: Pope Francis’s Humor and Simple Words Wins Hearts in First Angelus
• Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register: 9 things you need to know about Pope Francis's inaugural Mass
• Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com: The Weekly Francis (March 13-17)
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia: From the Window, "God Never Gets Tired of Forgiving!"
• Amy Welborn, Charlotte Was Both: A word
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: They haven’t elected a theologian; they’ve elected a pastor | Did Benedict suspect Bergoglio would be the next pope? | Pope Francis preaches mercy in Sunday homily | A great story of Jorge Bergoglio and a poor widow who wanted her children baptized
• Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote: Neither Left nor Right, Greek nor Jew, Male nor Female
• Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis, the Conservative Liberal
• Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote: Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi Will Represent the United States at Pope Francis' Inaugural Mass
• Steve Skojec, Catholic Vote: The Demographics of a Changing Church: The First Pope from the Americas
• John Shimek, Catholic Vote: JP in Rome: Pope Francis' First Angelus
• Mary Anastasia O'Grady, The Wall Street Journal: Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: Why do Traditionalists Care So Much About the Latin Mass?
• Jeannie DeAngelis, American Thinker: Did Hugo Chávez Pick the New Pope?
• Timothy Gordon, American Thinker: Pope Francis: Papabile in a Fallen World

Mon., Mar. 18:

• Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress: Pope Francis: Installation Liturgy like None We’ve Seen! – MORE! UPDATED! | "the usual efforts at Church reform are useless ..." | Between Fusty and Freaky: Can Francis find the Liturgical Balance? UPDATED
• Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia: In the Vatican, The Pope of Chaos
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: Mass appeal: some details of tomorrow’s papal inauguration | Letting go: the challenging lessons of Benedict and Francis
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: What Does The Pope’s Motto Really Say? The Latin motto explained. | I am thinking about those red shoes | What Did St. Francis Really Say? Part 3
• Jessica Rabbit, ... the hell with it: Pope Francis (Roundup of Links)
• Michael Coren, Catholic World Report: Pope Francis and Secularist Stereotypes
• Catherine Harmon, Catholic World Report: Pope Francis’ coat of arms and motto, explained
• David Uebbing, Catholic News Agency: Pope Keeps Motto of Mercy from Buenos Aires
• Vatican News Service: Worship Aid for the Inauguration Mass of Pope Francis
• Rome Reports: Laughs and good mood for meeting between Pope and Argentine president
• Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: Mary Untier of Knots - Pope Francis' Favorite Marian Image
• Michael Barber, The Sacred Page: Some Thoughts on Pope Francis' Coat of Arms
• Sherry Weddell, Intentional Disciples Blog: A Little Essay on Post Conclave Stress Disorder
• Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester: The Humble Pope(s) | The Cult of Youth
• James V. Schall, SJ, Catholic World Report: The Pope and the Poor
• Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head: High Mass, Low Class: Part 1 and Part 2
• Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika: Good Reasons to Pray for the Pope
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: The Liturgy and Humility
• Selwyn Duke, American Thinker: Is Pope Francis Liberal or Conservative?
• Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register: Should We Be Concerned About Pope Francis' Inaugural Mass?

Tues., Mar. 19:

• Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote: A Quick Note to Benedict on Pope Francis' Inauguration Day
• Stephen White, Catholic Vote: Pope Francis: Protect Creation, It Points to God!
• Fr. Z, WDTPRS?: Dear Traditionalists ... | Of the Pope's mozzetta ...
• Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: Pope Francis: Reviving the Gospel Reading in Greek?
• Michael Barber, The Sacred Page: A Catholic Meme I'm Not Thrilled About. Don't Forget, Benedict Emphasized "Charity"
• Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester: Curia and Curiouser
• Michael Severance, Catholic World Report: A Week of Firsts
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: Pope greets Jesuit superior general: "He insisted I treat him like any other Jesuit"
• Catholic World News: Head of Ukranian Catholic Church pays tribute to Pope Francis as his mentor
• Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika: The Pope's Painful Liturgies
• Dom Charles Gilman, O.S.B., The Chant Cafe: A Note on the New Pope and the Liturgy
• Damian Thompson, The Telegraph: Pope Francis inaugural Mass: can this extraordinary man save the Catholic Church?
• Mollie Hemingway, Get Religion: Was Pope Francis ‘anointed’ today?
• Kevin Tierney, Common Sense Catholicism: Pope Francis and St. Joseph
• Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement: Ceremonial Details of Today's Mass of Inauguration

Wed., Mar. 20:

• Caitlin Bootsma, Truth and Charity Forum: The Vicar of Christ, Not a Tool
• Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales: Pope Francis Visits Downton Abbey: The Papal Wardrobe Controversy
• Mark Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!: Francis and Benedict are on the Same Page
• Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register: Pope Francis on Homosexual Unions
• Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com: The Weekly Francis (March 17-24)
• Deacon Greg Kandra, The Deacon's Bench: Bergoglio’s ministry of mercy: "He was the only Catholic cleric to visit Podestá in the hospital ..." | The pope as CEO: a leading management consultant on Pope Francis’ leadership style | As seminarian, Jorge Bergoglio struggled with celibacy
• George Weigel, First Things: Meeting Pope Francis
• Catholic World News: Pope affirms commitment to ecumenism
• Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Cafe: Some Musical Moments at the Inaguration
• Amy Welborn, Charlotte Was Both: What I didn’t like about the Papal Inauguration
• Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head: The Church of Surprises

I will update each day with new links as I find the time. This is still a work in progress.

UPDATE (4/3/2013): If I happen to come across one, I'll add it, but I don't plan on actively seeking any more links to add to this collection. Of course, if you know of one that I should add, you are free to leave a comment and I will add it (unless I don't like it for some reason).

Pax Christi,
phatcatholic