Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936-2025) · Argentina · Religious Figures · Died at 88 · also Vatican City

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The first pope from outside Europe in nearly 1,300 years, he reshaped the Vatican's tone on poverty, climate, and LGBTQ inclusion - then died on Easter Monday 2025, twelve years into a papacy that unsettled as much as it opened.

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A life in dates

2025Died21 April 2025Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2021Sexist Man AliveAward2019Zayed Award for Human FraternityAward2016Bambi AwardAwardCharlemagne PrizeAward2015Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' CondorAward2013“Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.”In their words1 October 2013Interviewed in "How the Church will change" by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica (1 October 2013), as translated from Italian to English byRead the whole statement

“[[File: Thanksgiving chapel interior.jpg|thumb|right|Mystics have been fundamental to the church.”In their words1 October 2013Interviewed in "How the Church will change" by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica (1 October 2013), as translated from Italian to English byRead the whole statement

“You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith.”In their words12 September 2013As quoted in "Leading Atheist: Pope Francis “Is The Kind Of World Leader We Need”" by Joe Keohane, at Esquire (12 September 2013)Read the whole statement

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! "Father, the atheists?" Even the atheists. Everyone!”In their words22 May 2013As quoted in "Pope at Mass: Culture of encounter is the foundation of peace" at Vatican Radio (22 May 2013)Read the whole statement

“The Marxist ideology is wrong. But I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don’t feel offended.”In their wordsResponse to critics who have called him a Marxist, because of his criticism of capitalist theories in "Pope Francis: I’m Not a Marxist" inRead the whole statement

Gold Olympic OrderAwardTime Person of the YearAwardPatriarch of the WestOffice2013-2025PopeOffice2013-20252007“The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers.”In their wordsSaid during a gathering of Latin American bishops, as quoted in 'Option for the Poor' alive and well in Latin America, National CatholicRead the whole statement

2005President of the Episcopal Conference of ArgentinaOffice2005-20112001Cardinal priestOffice2001-20131998Archbishop of Buenos AiresOffice1998-2013Diocesan bishopOffice1998-20131992Auxiliary bishopOffice1992-1997Titular bishopOffice1992-19971936Born17 December 1936

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio (fourth boy from the left in the third row from the top) at age 12, Salesian College (c. 1948-1949)

Bergoglio at an Argentine seminary where he studied for the priesthood in the 1950s

Bergoglio in 2008

Bergoglio on 18 June 2008 giving a catechesis

Francis with Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, holding traditional Argentine mate drinkware

In their own words 10

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Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
Oct 1, 2013, Interviewed in "How the Church will change" by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica (1 October 2013), as translated from Italian to English by, Own words
[[File: Cristo Redentor - Rio.jpg|thumb|right|The Son of God became incarnate to infuse into the human soul the feeling of brotherhood.
Oct 1, 2013, Interviewed in "How the Church will change" by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica (1 October 2013), as translated from Italian to English by, Own words
[[File: Thanksgiving chapel interior.jpg|thumb|right|Mystics have been fundamental to the church.
Oct 1, 2013, Interviewed in "How the Church will change" by Eugenio Scalfari in La Repubblica (1 October 2013), as translated from Italian to English by, Own words

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Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom, Joe Biden2025

Sexist Man Alive2021

Zayed Award for Human Fraternity2019

Charlemagne Prize2016

Bambi Award2016

Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' Condor2015

Time Person of the Year2013

Gold Olympic Order2013

Order of the Smile

Supreme Order of Christ

Order of the Golden Spur

Order of Pius IX

Order of St. Gregory the Great

Order of St. Sylvester

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

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Born in Buenos Aires in 1936 to an Italian family, Jorge Mario Bergoglio joined the Jesuits in 1958 after a brush with serious illness and rose to lead the order's Argentine province through the 1970s. He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, cardinal in 2001, and on 13 March 2013 - after Benedict XVI resigned - emerged from conclave as the first Jesuit and first Latin American pope, taking the name Francis after the saint of Assisi. He moved into a Vatican guesthouse instead of the papal apartments, wore simple vestments, kept his iron cross, and steered the Church toward the margins: he authorized blessings for same-sex couples, apologized for residential school abuses in Canada, brokered a deal with Beijing on bishop appointments, signed the Vatican's first treaty with Palestine, and made climate action and the abolition of capital punishment central to his pontificate. After years of declining health, he died on 21 April 2025, the day after Easter, and was succeeded by Leo XIV in May.

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Argentina

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