Habemus Chemiam!

1.0Tudományhttps://tudomany.cafeblog.huJangulihttps://tudomany.cafeblog.hu/author/janguli/Habemus Chemiam!<img src="http://m.cdn.blog.hu/tu/tudomany/skins/bergoglio-young_2510136b.jpg" alt="bergoglio-young_2510136b.jpg" class="imgnotext" width="433" height="270" /> "When the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/white-smoke-pope-black-smoke-nope-conclave-smoke/story?id=18719208">white smoke</a> puffed up the conclave chimney, all eyes turned to the Vatican. A little while later, Jorge Mario Bergoglio - now Pope Francis* - emerged. His historic election as the first Pope from South America overshadowed another first: he's a chemist (Over at ChemBark, Paul had <a href="http://blog.chembark.com/2013/03/13/the-pope-of-orgo-at-harvard/">leaned in that direction</a> earlier today, but I'm sure he was equally surprised). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_francis">Wikipedia</a>, font of all things true and definitive, lists him as a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, with an M.S. degree in the late 1950s. Ditto the <a href="http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1301114.htm">Catholic News Service</a>. My Spanish is a bit rusty, but the <a href="http://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/2013/03/13/888822">Excelsior </a>(Mexico) and <a href="http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1758191/0/bergoglio-perfil/arzobispo-enfretamiento/kirchner/">20Minutos</a> (Spain) label him a 'chemical technician' and 'chemical engineer' respectively. Lisa Balbes helpfully points out that, according to <a href="http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/13/17299920-meet-the-new-pope-francis-is-humble-leader-who-takes-the-bus-to-work?lite">ABC News</a>, one of his first assignments in the church was teaching high school chemistry. I tried to look up the Pope's peer-reviewed chemistry publications through SciFinder, Reaxys, and Google Scholar, but, alas, I'm unable to find any. Perhaps a more enterprising reader can clue me in if they're more successful... *Though I'm not Catholic, I appreciate the influence and direction the Pope offers the faithful. I also find it exciting when chemists enter very public walks of life. See, for example, Jack Welch, Margaret Thatcher or John Kuhn." rich