Tributes pour in after Pope Francis, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 88. CTVNews.ca takes a look back at the life and legacy of the pontiff.
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Pope Francis arrives at Milan's Giuseppe Meazza stadium for a meeting with confirmation candidates and confirmed young people as part of his one-day pastoral visit to Monza and Milan, Italy's second-largest city, Saturday, March 25, 2017. (Luca Bruno/The Associated Press)
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrating a Mass in honor of Pope John Paul II at the Buenos Aires Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 4, 2005. (Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press)
Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, 2009. (Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis, standing alone at center, delivers an Urbi et orbi prayer from the empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. (Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis delivers a speech in front of the Memorial Cenotaph, right, at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press)
In this picture taken March 20, 2008 Argentina's cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, kisses the feet of a man during a mass with youth trying to overcome drug addictions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (The Associated Press)
Pope Francis meets with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Baruch Lau, second from right, and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak Yosef, third from right, at the '7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022. Pope Francis is on the second day of his three-day trip to Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
In this 2000 photo, Argentina's Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left, gives a mass in honor of slain Priest Carlos Mugica, the day his remains were taken to the Villa 31 slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (The Associated Press)
Pope Francis embraces Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. (AP)
Pope Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama smile as they meet at the Vatican, March 27, 2014. (Gabriel Bouys/AP)
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, leads a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 14, 2013. (Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press)
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, looking on during a press conference at the Vatican, Oct. 17, 2003. (Luca Bruno/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis listens to applause before addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, making history as the first pontiff to do so, Sept. 24, 2015. (Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis, right, meets the faithful at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Nagasaki, western Japan. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis presides over the Via Crucis – or Way of the Cross – ceremony in St. Peter's Square empty of the faithful following Italy's ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Friday, April 2, 2021. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
A crowd of faithful cheer as Pope Francis rides in his popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday July 22, 2013. (Victor R. Caivano/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis Pope Francis presides over the Via Crucis – or Way of the Cross – ceremony in St. Peter’s Square empty of the faithful following Italy’s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Friday, April 10, 2020. (Claudio Peri/AP)
A man sells newspapers with the front page of Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Oded Balilty/The Associated Press)
Hundreds of faithful watch the Pope Francis' installation Mass on a big screen outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Victor R. Caivano/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis gives a thumbs up during a meeting with Asian youth at the Solmoe Sanctuary in Dangjin, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis waves to the assembled crowd from the Speakers Balcony at the U.S. Capitol with members of Congress, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in Washington after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress. (Doug Mills/The Associated Press)
Jorge Mario Bergoglio In this 2008 photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left, travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio, named pope on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, was known for taking the subway and mingling with the poor of Buenos Aires while archbishop. (Pablo Leguizamon/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis opens the holy door of the Bangui cathedral, Central African Republic, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. (The Associated Press)
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd after presiding over a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (Domenico Stinellis/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a mass for the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress, at Budapest's Heroes Square, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Francis is opening his first foreign trip since undergoing major intestinal surgery in July, embarking on an intense, four-day, two-nation trip to Hungary and Slovakia that he has admitted might be overdoing it. (Laszlo Balogh/AP)
Pope Francis celebrates a mass for the closing of the International Eucharistic Congress, at Budapest's Heroes Square, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh) (Laszlo Balogh/AP)
Pope Francis gestures as he answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, July 29, 2013. (Luca Zennaro/AP)
In this picture made available by Vatican Media Pope Francis kisses the feet of the inmates of Rome's penitentiary of Casal del Marmo, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Vatican Media/AP)
Pope Francis prays in front of a nativity scene during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday Feb.9, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Pope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. (Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis greets faithful at the Vatican, Sunday, March 17, 2013. (Antonello Nusca/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis is driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis arrives at a sports center to meet children who received their first communion, in Camerino, Italy, Sunday, June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Sandro Perozzi) (Sandro Perozzi/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis, bottom center, is escorted by South Korean President Park Geun-hye, bottom left, upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd prior to his inaugural Mass, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) (Dmitry Lovetsky/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis, center, is greeted by South Korean children upon his arrival at Seoul Air Base as South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, looks on in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool) (Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis holds the hand of a toddler as he salutes faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis waves to crowds as he arrives to his inauguration Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press)
Pope Francis is joined by children dressed with costumes inspired by nativity characters during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini/AP)
