Tribute poured in from world Leaders including King Charles and Queen Camila, also from the world LGBT, as the Pope as long argued that the Church should be sympathetic to the LGBTQ+ community while calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality around the world.
The Pope, who was born in Argentine capital Buenos Aires as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, became the first person from the Americas to take the role after succeeding Benedict XVI in 2013.
Popo Francis studied at the technical secondary school Escuela Técnica Industrial, graduating with a chemical technician's diploma before he spent several years as a food technician in the Hickethier-Bachmann Laboratory.
Having also worked as a bouncer,
janitor, in 1958 he joined the Society of Jesus - known as the Jesuits - in
1958. He climbed the ranks within the Argentine Church before being made a
Cardinal by Pope John Paul in 2001.
After the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis was elected in the fifth round of voting in a papal conclave - the process by which a new Pope is selected.
A respiratory infection had always
been the main concern surrounding Pope Francis’ health, after he lost most of
his lung due to an illness during his early adulthood. In 2023, the Pope was
hospitalised for three days with a bad case of pneumonia.
The Pope also called on countries
in the West to significantly increase the number of refugees they took in.
Responding to Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall with Mexica in 2016, the Pope
said: “A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and
not building bridges, is not Christian.”
Pope Francis was willing to engage
more women in senior roles within the Catholic Church as well.
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