Pope Francis’ Life in Photos

The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to serve as a pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, lasted almost nine decades and covered several continents.

A chosen pope of “almost the extremes of the earth,” as he said in his selection in 2013, Francis was a relentless lawyer for migrants and marginalized people, as well as for the environment.

His papacy promoted inclusion, hugging survivors or sexual abuse by clergy members; LGBTQ Catholics; Muslim and Orthodox clergy; And the leaders of the developing nations, where he believed that the future of the Church was entrenched.

Francis also tried to facilitate peace in Ukraine and more widely on a planet than him or said he was living a world war in a fragmentary way.

He died Monday at age 88.