Pope Francis waves to 1000’s of followers as he arrives on the Manila Cathedral on Jan. 16, 2015, in Manila, Philippines.
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Photographs
Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, on the age of 88. Because the chief of the Roman Catholic Church, he left behind a legacy of service, unity, and compassion.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was the son of Italian immigrants. He was named a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001 and was elected pope on March 13, 2013.
Pope Francis was the primary non-European pope in additional than a millennium and the primary Latin American pontiff. He preached of peace and acceptance — and mirrored these values by his actions. He was the primary pope to handle a joint assembly of Congress in america and the primary pope to go to the Arabian Peninsula, referred to as the birthplace of Islam, a historic second for interfaith dialogue.
This is a have a look at these and different defining moments from Pope Francis’ papacy:

Pope Francis waves to the trustworthy gathered in St. Peter’s Sq. in the course of the Pilgrimage of Italian youngsters on April 18, 2022, in Vatican Metropolis.
Antonio Masiello/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Antonio Masiello/Getty Photographs

Pope Francis visits the ward of Rome’s Bambino Gesù Youngsters’s Hospital on March 19, 2022, the place Ukrainian youngsters had been hospitalized.
Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Photographs

Pope Francis prays with clergymen on the finish of a restricted public viewers on the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard on Sept. 30, 2020, in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Filippo Monteforte/AFP through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Filippo Monteforte/AFP through Getty Photographs

Pope Francis delivers an Urbi et Orbi prayer from the empty St. Peter’s Sq. because of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Vatican on March 27, 2020.
Yara Nardi/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Yara Nardi/AP

Pope Francis wears a face masks to curb the unfold of COVID-19 as he arrives within the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard for his weekly common viewers on Could 12, 2021.
Alessandra Tarantino/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Alessandra Tarantino/AP

Pope Francis leaves after taking a household picture with diplomats accredited to the Holy See contained in the Sistine Chapel on the finish of an viewers for the standard change of New 12 months greetings on the Vatican on Jan. 8, 2018.
Andrew Medichini/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Andrew Medichini/AP

Pope Francis attends the Liturgy of the Gentle in the course of the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on April 20, 2019.
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs

Pope Francis walks out from Assumption Cathedral as Thai youth attain out to the touch him in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 22, 2019.
Paula Bronstein/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Paula Bronstein/Getty Photographs
Pope Francis is welcomed by Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (left) and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (proper) upon his arrival to the presidential palace on Feb. 4, 2019. The second marked the primary ever papal go to to the Arab Peninsula.
Gehad Hamdy/DPA / Image Alliance through Reuters
cover caption
toggle caption
Gehad Hamdy/DPA / Image Alliance through Reuters

Pope Francis on the San Paolo della Croce parish in Corviale, a suburb of Rome, for a pastoral go to on April 15, 2018.
Silvia Lore/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Silvia Lore/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs

Pope Francis meets migrants on the Moria detention heart on April 16, 2016, in Mytilene, Greece.
Andrea Bonetti/Greek Prime Minister’s Workplace through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Andrea Bonetti/Greek Prime Minister’s Workplace through Getty Photographs

Pope Francis performs with a ball as he meets gamers within the Clericus Cup on Could 29, 2019, in Vatican Metropolis.
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs

Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2014. The Pope was the primary chief of the Roman Catholic Church to handle a joint session of Congress.
Vincenzo Pinto/AFP through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Vincenzo Pinto/AFP through Getty Photographs

Lots of of 1000’s of individuals crowd Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Seaside on July 28, 2013, as Pope Francis celebrates the ultimate Mass of his go to to Brazil.
Christophe Simon/AFP through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Christophe Simon/AFP through Getty Photographs

A lady reads an additional version of a newspaper with the announcement of the the election of Argentina’s cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the brand new Pope Francis I on March 13, 2013, in Medellin, Colombia.
Raul Arboleda/AFP through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Raul Arboleda/AFP through Getty Photographs

Newly elected Pope Francis I waves to the ready crowd from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on March 13, 2013.
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Photographs

A person appears out from a window close to to the statue of St. Paul as black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the Faculty of Cardinals has did not elect a brand new pope on March 13, 2013.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Dan Kitwood/Getty Photographs

Pope John Paul II names Jorge Mario Bergoglio a cardinal throughout a consistory in St. Peter’s Sq. on Feb. 21, 2001.
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs

Jorge Bergoglio along with his household in an undated picture. From left to proper, standing, brother Alberto Horacio, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Oscar Adrian and sister Marta Regina, sitting, sister Maria Elena, mom regina and father Mario Jose Francisco.
API/Gamma-Rapho through Getty Photographs
cover caption
toggle caption
API/Gamma-Rapho through Getty Photographs