Highlights from the life of Pope Francis
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often turbulent reign in which he sought to overhaul an ancient and divided institution.
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Newly elected Pope Francis appears at the window of his future private apartment to bless the faithful, gathered below in St. Peter's Square, during the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican March 17, 2013.2/32
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Pope Francis (right) receives a Barcelona soccer jersey of player Lionel Messi during the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 17, 2013.3/32
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A member of Argentine soccer team San Lorenzo presents Pope Francis (right) with the replica of the trophy that they won in the Argentine soccer championship, during the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican Dec. 18, 2013.4/32
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Pope Francis releases a white dove prior to delivering a Holy Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul Nov. 29, 2014.5/32
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Pope Francis blesses a child as he visits the refugee camp of Saint Sauveur in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov. 29, 2015.6/32
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Pope Francis opens the Holy Door to mark the opening of the Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2015.7/32
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Pope Francis releases a dove at the end of a visit to the Chaldean Catholic Church of St. Simon Bar Sabbae in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2016.8/32
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A gust of wind blows Pope Francis's skull cap off during his pastoral visit in Alessano, southern Italy, April 20, 2018.9/32
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Pope Francis presides over the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday, in front of Rome's Colosseum, in Rome, Italy Friday, April 19, 2019.10/32
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Pope Francis waves as he delivers the "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas Day message from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2019.11/32
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Pope Francis speaks with Britain's Prince Charles on the day of the canonisation of 19th-century British cardinal John Henry Newman at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2019.12/32
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Pope Francis walks inside St. Peter's Basilica to lead a private Mass in a side chapel where St. John Paul II is buried to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the late pope's birth on the day of the full reopening of the basilica as the Vatican eases measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican May 18, 2020.13/32
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Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, attends an inter-religious prayer service for peace along with other religious representatives in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, a church on top of Rome's Capitoline Hill, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 20, 2020.14/32
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Pope Francis greets a person dressed as Spider-Man after the general audience, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican, June 23, 2021.15/32
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Pope Francis gives a thumbs up as he arrives for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, May 18, 2022.16/32
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Pope Francis blesses a faithful during the weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Aug. 9, 2023.17/32
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Pope Francis attends the Easter Mass, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 31, 2024.18/32
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Pope Francis greets people from a car after leading a Holy Mass at the Esplanade of Tasi Tolu in Dili, East Timor, Sept. 10, 2024.19/32
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Pope Francis sits in between nuns on the day of a weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Feb. 5, 2025.20/32
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Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23.21/32
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Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23.22/32
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Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23.23/32
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People reach out to touch Pope Francis' hand during his meeting with the faithful of parishes from Rho at the Vatican, March 25, 2023.24/32
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Pope Francis appears for the first time since his return to the Vatican, on the day of a Mass for Jubilee of Sick and Health Care Workers in Saint Peter's square, at the Vatican, April 6, 2025.25/32
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Pope Francis appears for the first time since his return to the Vatican, on the day of a Mass for Jubilee of Sick and Health Care Workers in Saint Peter's square, at the Vatican, April 6, 2025.26/32
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Pope Francis gestures as he appears for the first time since his return to the Vatican, in Saint Peter square, at the Vatican, April 6.27/32
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Pope Francis gestures as he appears for the first time since his return to the Vatican, in Saint Peter square, at the Vatican, April 6.28/32
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Pope Francis meets with Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla during a private audience at the Vatican, April 9, 2025.29/32
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Pope Francis meets with personnel from Gemelli hospital and Vatican medical staff, at the Vatican, April 16, 2025.30/32
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Pope Francis meets with personnel from Gemelli hospital and Vatican medical staff, at the Vatican, April 16, 2025.31/32
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Pope Francis greets people gathered in the streets of Leuven, Belgium Sept. 27.32/32
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Pope Francis meets with Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday at the Vatican, April 20, 2025.
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