25.04.2025 16:11
The name of the representative from Turkey who will attend the funeral of Pope Francis, the President of the Vatican State who recently passed away, has been announced. Numan Kurtulmuş, the President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, will represent Turkey at the funeral ceremony.
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TBMM President Numan Kurtulmuş will go to the Vatican to attend the funeral ceremony of the President of the Vatican State, Pope Francis.
TBMM President Kurtulmuş will go to the Vatican to attend the funeral ceremony of the President of the Vatican State, Pope Francis. Kurtulmuş will represent Turkey at the funeral ceremony to be held tomorrow for Pope Francis.
WHO IS POPE FRANCIS?
Pope Francis was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As the pope, he is the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, which has 1.2 billion members worldwide, and the head of state of the Vatican. He was elected pope on March 13, 2013, which was announced to the world with the white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. He was elected after a short election process of two days among 115 cardinals. Elected as the 266th pope, Francis is the first pope born in Latin America and the first pope elected from America and the Southern Hemisphere.
After basic education, Bergoglio became a chemist and joined the Jesuits in 1958. Initially studying humanities in Chile, Bergoglio completed his philosophy studies at the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel in 1960 after returning to Buenos Aires. He also completed his Catholic theology studies in 1970. He received the sacrament of priesthood in 1969 and became an associate professor of theology at the same university. Bergoglio went to Spain for a year for his studies and worked as a spiritual director and associate professor at the San Miguel High School from 1973 onwards. He continued this position until 1979. He was the rector of San Miguel High School from 1980 to 1986. Subsequently, he went to the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen near Frankfurt for research. However, his doctoral project was left unfinished. After that, he served as a spiritual companion in Córdoba.
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