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Pope Francis: A life in pictures
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Pope Francis on the central lodge of St Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis bestowing the Urbi et Orbi blessing at the end of the Easter Mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis tours St Peter’s Square in his popemobile at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis receives US Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2025.Credit:Vatican Media
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Pope Francis is cheered by the faithful at the end of a Mass in St Peter’s Square, Sunday, April 6, 2025.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis appears on his balcony to speak to the crowds at the Gemelli hospital on March 23, the first time he had appeared in public since being admitted to hospital on February 14, 2025.Credit:Getty Images
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Pope Francis poses for photos with a group of nuns during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on February 5, 2025.Credit:AP
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The pontiff arrives at the Pope Paul VI Hall at the Vatican for his weekly general audience on February 12, 2025.Credit:AP
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Arriving for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on February 1, 2025.Credit:AP
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Posing for a selfie with a family at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican on January 29, 2025. Credit:AP
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Pope Francis kisses a wooden statuette of the infant Jesus at the end of a Mass at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on January 1, 2025.Credit:AP
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas meets Pope Francis at the Vatican on December 12, 2024.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis visits the Home Saint-Joseph for elderly people in Brussels on September 27, 2024.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis waves to the faithful in Dili, Timor-Leste, during his apostolic trip to Asia on September 10, 2024.Credit:AP
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Pope Francis blesses a beneficiary from charitable organisations at the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference headquarters in Jakarta on September 5, 2024. Credit:AP
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Wearing a traditional hat during a meeting with the faithful in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, on September 8, 2024.Credit:AP
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Leading Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 5, 2024.Credit:AP
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Former US president Joe Biden greets Pope Francis before a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, on June 14, 2024.Credit:AP
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The Pope touches a child’s photograph as he meets relatives of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas, on April 8, 2024.Credit:AP
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Deep in thought at the Vatican on January 24, 2023. Credit:AP