Pope Francis | 1936-2025

Genali Nogales touches a painting of the late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores in Buenos Aires, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death Monday.  (Gustavo Garello / Associated Press)

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi blessing at the end of Sunday’s Easter Mass at the Vatican.  (Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)

A person holds a portrait of late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores in Buenos Aires, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death.  (Gustavo Garello / Associated Press)

Pilgrims make their way to St. Peter’s Square on Monday after the news of Pope Francis’ death spread.   (Riccardo De Luca / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Pope Francis leaves after an audience with Pueri Cantores, a student Catholic choral organization, at the Vatican on Dec. 30, 2023.   (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press)

Journalists and media gather at St. Peter’s Square following the death of Pope Francis on Monday.  (Antonio Masiello / Getty Images)

Pope Francis blesses the crowd during a noon Angelus prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on July 4, 2021.  (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press)

Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat he received as a gift by a Mexican journalist aboard the plane during the flight from Rome to Habana, Cuba, on his way to a week-long trip to Mexico on Feb. 12, 2016.   (Alessandro Di Meo/Associated Press)

Pope Francis leads a Mass celebrating 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines at St. Peter’s Basilica on March 14, 2021.  (Tiziana Fabi / Pool Photo)

Pope Francis arrives at the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, on Sept. 12, 2021. It was his first foreign trip since major intestinal surgery two months earlier.  (Laszlo Balogh / Associated Press)

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to recite the Angelus noon prayer.  (Alessandra Tarantino / AP)

Pope Francis walks in St, Damaso courtyard iat the Vatican during his weekly general audience on June 10, 2021.  (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press)

Pope Francis chats with President Obama at the White House on Sept. 23, 2015.  (Pete Souza / PBS)

Pope Francis addresses Congress on Sept. 24, 2015, to applause from then-House Speaker John A. Boehner, top right, and Vice President Joe Biden, both Roman Catholics.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)