Some of the most memorable moments from the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.
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Pope Francis blesses sick and disabled people at the end of a pro-life Mass in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on June 16, 2013. AP
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Former President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 27, 2014. AP
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Pope Francis addresses the joint session of Congress in Washington, DC on Sept. 24, 2014. AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis prays at Israel’s separation barrier on his way to a Mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 25, 2014. AP
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Pope Francis greets Argentine former football star Diego Armando Maradona before a meeting with members of the Scholas Occurrentes organization at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2014. AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis walks alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private audience at the Vatican on June 10, 2015. AP
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Pope Francis, left, stands in front of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI entering St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 8, 2015. AP
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Pope Francis releases a dove as a symbol of peace during a meeting with the Chaldean community at the Catholic Church of St Simon Bar Sabbae in Tbilisi, on Sept. 30, 2016. AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis walks towards the main entrance with the lettering “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) at the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Oswiecim on July 29, 2016 as part of his visit to the World Youth Days. AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. AP
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Pope Francis connects to the crew aboard the International Space Station from the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2017. AP
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Pope Francis smiles at the faithful from the Popemobile in Santiago, on Jan. 15, 2018. AFP via Getty Images
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Pope Francis greets the faithful after celebrating Mass on the occasion of Migrant and Refugee World Day in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 29, 2019. AP
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Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, leads a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, on March 7, 2021. AP
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Pope Francis, right, meets with Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq, on March 6, 2021. AP
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Pope Francis puts on an indigenous headdress during a meeting with Indigenous communities, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, at Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, on July 25, 2022. AP
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Pope Francis holds a baby as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on Jan. 29, 2025. AP
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Pope Francis delivers his Urbi Et Orbi Blessing from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square on April 20, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images
