With the passing of Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, we’ve gathered 26 photos that capture his essence, spirit, and progressive views on life and religion. He will be missed, but never forgotten
Bergoglio in the early 1950s with classmates.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bergoglio after being ordained a Jesuit priest.
1969, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bergoglio (back row, 2nd from left) posing with his family.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bergoglio during Mass.
Argentina.
Priest Bergoglio chatting with a man in a subway car.
2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bergoglio washing the feet of two newborns in a hospital in Buenos Aires.
2005.
Bergoglio’s Argentinian Soccer Team Credential.
Almagro, Buenos Aires.
Bergoglio with San Lorenzo soccer players.
Almagro, Buenos Aires.
Pope John Paul II naming Jorge Mario Bergoglio as cardinal during a consistory in St. Peter’s Square.
Feb. 21, 2001, in Vatican City, Vatican.
Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires.
Aug. 7, 2009.
The election of Pope Francis.
March 13, 2013, in Vatican City, Vatican.
Newly elected Pope Francis I leading Mass with cardinals at the Sistine Chapel.
March 14, 2013, in Rome.
Pope Francis speaking during his “Urbi et Orbi” address from a balcony in St. Peter’s Square.
March 31, 2013, in Rome.
Pope Francis answering reporters’ questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight.
July 29, 2013. Brazil.
Pope Francis and President Barack Obama smiling as they exchange gifts at the Vatican.
March 27, 2014, in Rome.
Queen Elizabeth and Pope Francis during their meeting.
Vatican City on April 3, 2014.
Pope Francis waving as he rides through Central Park in the popemobile.
Sept. 25, 2015, in New York City.
Pope Francis addressing a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
U.S. Capitol, on Sept. 24, 2015, in Washington.
Pope Francis washing and kissing the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees during an Easter week Mass with asylum-seekers at a shelter.
Castelnuovo di Porto, outside Rome, on March 24, 2016.
Pope Francis meets with Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese in a private audience at the Vatican.
Nov. 30, 2016, in Rome.
Pope Francis arriving to meet with Sheik Ahmed el-Tayyib, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, at the al-Azhar Headquarters.
April 28, 2017. Cairo, Egypt.
Pope Francis and Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi posing for a photo during their meeting.
Nov. 28, 2017. Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
Pope Francis greeting Mapuches in an offertory of a Mass at the Maquehue Air Base, in Temuco.
Jan. 17, 2018. Chile.
Pope Francis meeting with President Joe Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace.
Oct. 29, 2021. Vatican City, Vatican.
Pope Francis hugging a Ukrainian child refugee.
June 4, 2022, at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican.
Pope Francis offering an apology to the Indigenous community over the Catholic church’s role in the generational harm they suffered.
July 25, 2022. Canada.
