Some of the most memorable moments of the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.
Pope Francis blesses the sick and disabled people at the end of a pro-life mass in the Plaza de San Pedro, in the Vatican, on June 16, 2013. AP
Former President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican on March 27, 2014. AP
Pope Francis addresses the joint session of Congress in Washington, DC on September 24, 2014. AFP through Getty Images
Pope Francis prays to the Israel separation barrier on his way to a Mass in the Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed that it is the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the city of Bethlehem of Bethlehem on May 25, 2014. AP
Pope Francis greets the former Argentine football star Diego Armando Maradona before a meeting with the members of the Scholas organization in the Vatican on September 4, 2014. AFP through Getty Images
Pope Francis walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his private audience in the Vatican on June 10, 2015. AP
Pope Francis, left, is in front of the emeritus of Pope Benedict XVI who enters the Basilica of San Pedro in the Vatican on December 8, 2015. AP
Pope Francis releases a dove as a symbol of peace duration a meeting with the Caldea community in the Catholic Church of St Simon Bar Sabbae in Tbilisi, on September 30, 2016. AFP through Getty Images
Pope Francis walks to the main entrance with the letters “Arbeit Macht Frei” (the work frees you) in the old M mus of Auschwitz-Birkenau Alemán German in Oswiecim on July 29, 2016 as part of his visit to the days of World Cups. AFP through Getty Images
Pope Francis meets President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump on the occasion of his private audience in the Vatican on May 24, 2017. AP
Pope Francis connects with the crew aboard the Vatican International Space Station on October 26, 2017. AP
Pope Francis smiles at the faithful from Popemobile in Santiago, on January 15, 2018. AFP through Getty Images
Pope Francis greets the faithful after celebrating Mass on the occasion of World Migrants and Refugees Day in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano on September 29, 2019. AP
Pope Francis, surrounded by destroyed churches, directs a prayer for the victims of the war in the Hosh Al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, on March 7, 2021. AP
Pope Francis, on the right, meets with the main Shiite cleric of Iraq, Great Ayatolá Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq, on March 6, 2021. AP
Pope Francis puts an indigenous headdress a meeting with indigenous communities, including the first nations, Metis and Inuit, in the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, on July 25, 2022. AP
Pope Francis holds a baby when he goes at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI room, in the Vatican, on January 29, 2025. AP
Pope Francis offers his Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony overlooking the Plaza de San Pedro on April 20, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. Getty images
