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The Pope, dressed in white, smiles and waves with his left hand while outside bathed in sunlight

A black and white portrait of a young boy smiling in a suit with slicked back hair
Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a child.(AFP)

A black and white photo of a young man smiling and wearing a black shirt
Jesuit priest Jorge Mario Bergoglio.(Getty Images: Jesuit General Curia)
A black and white portrait of multiple generations of a family sitting on a couch
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (back row, fourth from left) with family.(AFP: Bergoglio Family)
An old family photo of a young man standing with his mother and father in a formal living room
Jorge Bergoglio (left) with his mother Maria Regina Sivori and his father Mario Jose Bergoglio pictured in 1958.(AFP/Bergoglio Family)

A bishop reads from palm cards while another man holds up a microphone and balloons are seen behind them
Bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1998.(AFP/Parroquia Virgen de Caacupe)
A bishop walks with a priest and local residents through the street of a town in Buenos Aires
Bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio with residents in Buenos Aires.(AFP)
Younger Pope Francis in Argentina
Bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio during the inauguration of a chapel in Buenos Aires.(AFP: Parroquia Virgen de Caacupe)
A bishop in religious dress greets smiling parishioners who reached out over a barricade to shake his hand
Jorge Mario Bergoglio greeting parishioners during the celebration of Saint Cajetan in Buenos Aires.(AFP: Claudia Conteris)

Two cardinals dressed in red sit and listen to a sermon in the Vatican
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at St Peter's Basilica in 2005.(AFP: Marco Longari)
A cardinal delivers a sermon from a glass pulpit in a church
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio delivers a mass in 2005.  (AFP: Juan Mabromata)
A cardinal meets with the pope
Pope Benedict XVI meets the archbishop of Buenos Aires Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the Vatican in 2007.  (AFP: Arturo Mari)

The Pope waves to thousands of people from a balcony at night
Newly elected Pope Francis appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.(Reuters: Osservatore Romano)
Argentinians cheer in a crowd during the night as the media holds a microphone near their celebrations
Faithful from Argentina celebrate.(Reuters: Kevin Coombs )
The pope waves from a balcony at night and smiles
Pope Francis was elected by the conclave of cardinals in 2013.(Rueters: Dylan Martinez )

The pope waves from an elaborate balcony
Pope Francis succeeded Benedict XVI. (Reuters: Stefano Rellandini)
A wide shot of Saint Peter's Basilica at night with thousands gathered to see the pope wave
White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney upon Pope Francis's election.(Reuters: Stefano Rellandini)
Thousands of people pack into the Vatican square with umbrellas in the evening
Crowds endured the rain to see Pope Francis.(Reuters: Max Rossi )

Pope Benedict and Pope Francis clasps hands as they talk
Pope Francis meets Benedict after he became the first pope to retire in 600 years.(Getty Images: Gamma-Rapho)

Pope Francis waves from the Pope mobile
Pope Francis regularly rode the Pope mobile.(Reuters: Guglielmo Mangiapane)
Nuns greet Pope Francis
Pope Francis chats with nuns.(Getty Images via Vatican Media)
Pope Francis smiles down at a baby
Pope Francis smiles at a baby.(Reuters: Kim Hong-Ji)
Pope Francis speaks to the media on an airplane
Pope Francis speaks to journalists travelling with him on a return flight to Rome.(Getty Images via Vatican Media)

The Pope laughs in the Oval Office with Barack Obama
Pope Francis visited then US president Barack Obama at the Oval Office.(Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
Pope Francis clasps hands with Joe Biden and laughs
Then US president Joe Biden visited the Pope at the Vatican.(Vatican Media via Reuters)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Pope Francis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Francis in 2024.(Vatican Media via Reuters)
Pope Francis stands with a slight distance from Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump met with Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2017.(Getty Images)

Pope Francis washes a person’s feet
Pope Francis celebrates the traditional rite of the washing of feet at the Casal del Marmo juvenile penitentiary.(Getty Images via Vatican Media)
Pope Francis waves to thousands of faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square
Pope Francis waves to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.(Getty Images via Vatican Media)
Pope Francis delivers a blessing from the window of his residence
Pope Francis appears at the window of his future private apartment to bless the faithful in 2013.(Reuters: Max Rossi)

Pope Francis, in green, touches his head with concern
“The time has come, then, to work together to eradicate the evil” of child abuse, Pope Francis said in a speech in 2019.(Getty Images via Vatican Pool)

A wide shot of Pope Francis delivering an address to an empty town square
Pope Francis attends the Via Crucis (Way of The Cross) celebrated for the first time at the empty St. Peter's Square during the COVID-19 pandemic during April, 2020.(Getty Images: Antonio Masiello)

Pope Francis sits and contemplates in a white and red outfit
Pope Francis leads the Pentecost Mass on May 31, 2020 in Vatican City, Vatican.(Getty Images: Alessandra Benedetti)

Pope Francis waves to thousands of faithful gathered on a sky blue day
Pope Francis delivers his Easter Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square.(Getty Images via Vatican Media)
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