Unless you are a high ranking government official or member of the upper ranks of the hierarchy of the Church, forget it. Popes have little free time and rarely meet with the casual visitor to the Vatican.
Unless you are a ranking government official or high ranking member of the clergy it is unlikely that you will get a private audience with the Pope. He is quite busy and would not have time to visit with every casual visitor to the Vatican.
Pope Francis is pope number 266.
Since Pope Francis is the first and only pope by that name, there is no need for a number after his name. If a pope in the future also decides to take the name Francis, he will become Pope Francis II and then the original Pope Francis will become Pope Francis I.
Like all popes, he was chosen by an election where his fellow cardinals voted for their choice of Pope. This was done in private in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City on the 13th of March 2013.
No, Pope Francis does not smoke.
Yes, Pope Francis is fluent in Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, French, and English.
Pope Francis is pope number 266.
Since Pope Francis is the first and only pope by that name, there is no need for a number after his name. If a pope in the future also decides to take the name Francis, he will become Pope Francis II and then the original Pope Francis will become Pope Francis I.
Pope Francis is the reigning pope in 2013.
Only Pope Francis and God know what Pope Francis thinks.
Like all popes, he was chosen by an election where his fellow cardinals voted for their choice of Pope. This was done in private in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City on the 13th of March 2013.
No, Pope Francis does not smoke.
Yes, Pope Francis is fluent in Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, French, and English.
Pope Francis has not been succeeded at the time of this answer.
Pope Francis I is from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pope Francis was elected pope in the Sistine Chapel.
The current Pope Francis is from Argentina.
Pope Francis, elected in 2013, is the 266th pope.