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Remembering Pope Francis, for 12 years head of the Catholic church and proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art collections

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics and the first from the Americas or the southern hemisphere to hold the office

Louis Jebb
21 April 2025
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Pope Francis during a May 2014 papal visit to Israel PhotoStock-Israel / Alamy Stock Photo
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