SEE congratulates Pope Francis on 8th anniversary of his election as Bishop of Rome

On behalf of the SEE administration and Cleopatra media group, we send our sincere congratulations to His Holiness Pope Francis as he celebrates the eighth anniversary of his election as Bishop of Rome.

On this day, the Holy See celebrates principles regarding the protection and promotion of equality, democracy, universal human rights, and freedom of religion or belief for all.

We join millions of people around the world in sending best wishes to His Holiness Pope Francis on this anniversary.

Pope Francis’ papacy has been full of firsts. He’s the first Pope from the Americas, and the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi.

Pope Francis also became the first Pope to call for a synod in which integral ecology was applied to a specific place in creation.

In October 2019, the Vatican invited the bishops from all dioceses in the world to travel to Rome to discuss the Amazon and its people during the Amazon Synod.

After the synod, Pope Francis penned “Querida Amazonia,” in which he envisioned a more resilient future for all of the Amazon and its people and made clear how he views businesses that harm the life-giving rainforest.