See young photos of Pope Francis and follow his journey from priesthood in Argentina all the way to papacy in Vatican City, in the wake of his death on April 21, 2025.

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.

Pope Francis opens up in new memoir 02:34. Pope Francis is known for his words spoken from the pulpit, where he makes urgent calls for peace and advocates for migrants and to protect the ...

Throughout his life, Pope Francis suffered from lung infections. In his native Argentina in 1957, while in his early 20s, he had a severe respiratory infection that resulted in the removal of part ...