Pope Francis

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) served as the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013 until his death. A trailblazing figure, he was the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first non-European pontiff in over 1,200 years. His papacy marked a historic shift in the global face of the Church.

• Introduction
• Early years
• Jesuit (1958–2013)
  • Presbyterate (1969–1992)
  • Buenos Aires episcopate (1992–2013)
  • Cardinalate (2001–2013)

• Argentine government relations

  • Dirty War
  • Fernando de la Rúa
  • Néstor and Cristina Kirchner
  • Javier Milei
• Papacy (2013–2025)
  • Election
  • Name
  • Curia
  • Early issues
  • Synodal church
  • Institute for the Works of Religion
  • Writings
  • Ecumenism and interreligious dialogue
  • Clerical titles
  • Canonizations and beatifications
  • Doctors of the Church
  • Consistories
  • Year of Mercy
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • Death penalty
  • Role of women
  • Financial corruption
  • Apologies toward Indigenous peoples
  • Sexual abuse response
  • Modifying papal funeral and burial requirements
• Theological emphases and teachings
  • Evangelization
  • Church governance
  • Environment and climate change
  • Option for the poor
  • Morality
  • LGBTQ
  • International policy
    • Position toward China
  • Theological disagreements
    • Amoris laetitia
    • Document on Human Fraternity
    • Traditionis custodes and the Tridentine Mass
    • Fiducia supplicans
• International diplomatic role
• Public image
• Health
• Death
• Legacy
• Distinctions
• Coat of arms
• Media
• Notes
• References
• Further reading
• External links