The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff, lasted nearly nine decades and spanned several continents.
A pope chosen from “almost the ends of the Earth,” as he said upon his selection in 2013, Francis was a relentless advocate for migrants and marginalized people, as well as for the environment.
His papacy promoted inclusivity, embracing survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members; L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics; Muslim and Orthodox clerics; and leaders of developing nations, where he believed the church’s future was rooted.
Francis also tried to facilitate peace in Ukraine and more broadly on a planet that he often said was living a world war fought piecemeal.
He died on Monday at age 88.
A young Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who would go on to become Pope Francis, in an undated photograph.
An undated photograph of Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the pulpit.
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