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Pope Francis: His life in photos (1936-2025)

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies after stroke and cardiac arrest

Pope Francis delivers speech during a meeting in Sweden’s Malmö on Oct 31, 2016. Reuters

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Published : 22 Apr 2025, 04:44 AM

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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in an undated photo. Born in December 1936 in Buenos Aires, Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is the first pope born outside Europe in 1,300 years. REUTERS/Clarin Then bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio (C), now Pope Francis, accompanied by Father Jose Maria de Paola (R), known as "Father Pepe" and local residents visit the Villa 21-24 slum in Buenos Aires in 1998. REUTERS/Parroquia Virgen de Caacupe Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Bergoglio, the parents of Pope Francis, pose for their wedding picture. REUTERS/Clarin Then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina washes and kisses the feet of patients of the Hogar de Cristo shelter for drug users, during a Holy Thursday mass in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Mar 20, 2008. REUTERS/Enrique Garcia Medina Newly elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. Pope Francis succeeded Benedict XVI. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Pope Francis arrives at Aglona Basilica in Aglona, Latvia, Sept 24, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi Pope Francis shakes hands with an inmate as he meets with prisoners at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Sept 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a meeting following a consistory ceremony to install 13 new cardinals, at the Vatican, Nov 28, 2020. Reuters Pope Francis reacts as he is greeted by cloistered nuns at the Duomo during his pastoral visit in Naples, March 21, 2015 REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Pope Francis arrives for an ecumenical mass in the cathedral in Lund, Sweden, Oct 31, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Medichini Pope Francis kisses the foot of a refugee during the foot-washing ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center near Rome, Italy, Mar 24, 2016. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano Former US President Barack Obama stands with Pope Francis during an arrival ceremony for the pope at the White House in Washington, Sept 23, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Pope Francis poses with US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump during a private audience at the Vatican, May 24, 2017. Pope Francis addresses attendees in the opening ceremony of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 25, 2015. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Pope Francis smiles onboard the papal plane during his return to Rome, from Asuncion, Paraguay, Jul 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi 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. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi A gust of wind blows Pope Francis's skull cap off during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Kangemi slums on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, Nov 27, 2015. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Pope Francis and Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb kiss each other after signing a document on fighting extremism, during an inter-religious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb 4, 2019. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Pope Francis and former Cuban President Fidel Castro hold hands in Havana, Cuba, Sept 20, 2015. REUTERS/Alex Castro/AIN Pope Francis balances a basketball offered by members of a basketball team in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jun 7, 2014. REUTERS/Max Rossi Pope Francis celebrates his 79th birthday during a special audience with members of Italian Catholic Action movement at the Vatican, Dec 17, 2015. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano Pope Francis' interacts with a patient as he visits a Paediatric Hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Nov 29, 2015. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano 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. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Pool Pope Francis prays for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square, in Mosul's old city, Iraq, Mar 7, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Pope Francis meets Italian Red Cross volunteers at the Vatican, Apr 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience, in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Jan 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Pope Francis waves from a balcony on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) message, at St Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, April 20, 2025.