PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Francis through the years

Jorge Bergoglio, who would later become Pope Francis, is seen here with his family. From left, standing, brothers Alberto Horacio, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Oscar Adrian and sister Marta Regina, sitting, sister Maria Elena, mother Regina and father Mario Jose Francisco. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Jorge Bergoglio at the San Lorenzo Futbol Club; he is a big fan of the team. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

This undated photo shows Jorge Bergoglio, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope John Paul II names Jorge Mario Bergoglio as cardinal during a consistory in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 21, 2001 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Newly elected Pope Francis appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican, March 13, 2013. (Tony Gentile/Reuters)

Pope Francis addresses the General Assembly during his 2012 visit to the United Nations in New York. (Luiz Rampelotto/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accompany Pope Francis as he visits the memorial monument commemorating victims of terrorist acts on Mount Herzl, on May 26, 2014, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Getty Images)

Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress on Sept. 24, 2014, in Washington, D.C. He was the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis places a white rose on the names of the September 11 victims at the edge of the South Pool of the 9/11 memorial in New York on Sept. 25, 2015. (AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Timothy Dolan during evening Vespers at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sept. 24, 2015, in New York City. (Robert Deutsch-Pool/Getty Images)

Pope Francis meets President Donald Trump in the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, May 24, 2017. (Vatican/Pool/Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori via Getty Images)

Pope Francis walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of a private audience at the Vatican, on June 10, 2015. (Gregorio Borgia/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for the weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Oct. 31, 2018. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis holds the Holy Book of Prayers as he celebrates the Epiphany Mass on Jan. 6, 2020, at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis prays with priests at the end of a limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on Sept. 30, 2020. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis ponders during the inauguration of a UNESCO chair at the Pontifical Lateran University on Oct. 7, 2021, in Rome. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis meets with the indigenous community at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, south of Edmonton, western Canada, on July 25, 2022. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis celebrates the traditional rite of the washing of feet on Holy Thursday at the Casal del Marmo juvenile penitentiary on April 6, 2023, in Rome. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Pope Francis salutes the crowd as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St Peter's square at the Vatican on April 22, 2015. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Francis greets cardinals as he unexpectedly appears during the Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 13, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Reuters)

Pope Francis receives Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica for the last time before his death to bestow the Urbi et Orbi in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)