Pope Francis

Pope Francis born Jorge Mario Bergoglio 17 December 1936 21 April 2025 was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death He was the first pope from the Society of Jesus the Jesuit Order the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8thcentury Syrian pope Gregory III Description above from the Wikipedia article Pope Francis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia