Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis waves faithfuls after celebrating over New Year's Eve Vespers and Te Deum, in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis presides over New Year's Eve Vespers and Te Deum celebrations, in St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, Pope Francis poses for a selfie during a Jubilee audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis carries his coat and documents as he leaves after a morning session of the last day of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
Pope Francis, left, talks to Cardinal Tarciso Bertone on a bus at the end of a week of Lenten spiritual retreat in Ariccia, in the hills overlooking Rome, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, Pool)
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis shakes hands with a Vatican Swiss guard as he leaves after a morning session of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
Pope Francis looks at the Argentine soccer major league's trophy at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims from his popemobile as he arrives to the Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
Mexico City newspapers display front page pictures and headlines featuring the newly elected Pope Francis, in Mexico City, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghin)
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announces the newly elected Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
A worshiper holds up the front page of a magazine showing a photograph of Jorge Mario Bergoglio during celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
FILE - Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio walks in St. Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, on Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
FILE - Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio walks in St. Peter's Square after attending a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, files)
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, leads a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Argentina's cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, blesses a young man during a Mass at the 21-24 chapel in the Barracas neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ricardo Gomez)
In this March 21 2011 photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio touches a baby after a Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/DyN)
FILE - This Aug. 7, 2009 file photo shows Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, files)
This Aug. 7, 2009 file photo shows Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, giving a mass outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, files)
FILE - In this 2008 file photo, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left, travels on the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Leguizamon, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, shakes hands with Buenos Aires' archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Lujan, Argentina. (AP Photo/DyN, File)
FILE - 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. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio leads a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio leads a mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
FILE - This April 18, 2005 file photo shows Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during a Mass to elect the new pope inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AP Photo/ Pier Paolo Cito, files)
FILE - This April 18, 2005 file photo shows Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during a Mass to elect the new pope inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (AP Photo/ Pier Paolo Cito, files)
Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, and Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday April 18, 2005. (AP Photo/ Pier Paolo Cito)
In this 2000 photo, Argentina's Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio speaks during a Mass in the 31 slum in honor of slain priest Carlos Mugica, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo)
In this 2000 photo, Argentina's Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio speaks during a Mass in the 31 slum in honor of slain priest Carlos Mugica, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo)
FILE - This Aug. 8, 2000 file photo shows Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, celebrating a Mass in Buenos Aires. (AP Photo/Carlos Barria-La Nacion, File)
Pope John Paul II greets the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the Vatican on June 29, 1998. (AP Photo/Sambucetti)
Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has confirmed. Here's a look at his life through photos.