Published TUESDAY April 22, 2025: 'FRANCISCUS People's POPE' by ZUMA Press award winning photographer who covers The Vatican Evandro Inetti: Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman Catholic Church, and who spoke out for migrants, the poor and for the health of the planet, died on Easter Monday at the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. He was 88. After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over adherence to doctrinal purity within the church. On Easter Sunday, the day before his death, Francis appeared in his wheelchair to bless the faithful in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican said Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led his heart to fail. Welcome to 'FRANCISCUS People's POPE'
© zReportage.com Issue #986 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY April 22, 2025: 'FRANCISCUS People's POPE' by ZUMA Press award winning photographer who covers The Vatican Evandro Inetti: Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman Catholic Church, and who spoke out for migrants, the poor and for the health of the planet, died on Easter Monday at the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. He was 88. After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over adherence to doctrinal purity within the church. On Easter Sunday, the day before his death, Francis appeared in his wheelchair to bless the faithful in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican said Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led his heart to fail. Welcome to 'FRANCISCUS People's POPE'
POPE FRANCIS presides during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS prays during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome. Via Crucis refers to a series of artistic representations, often sculptural, depicting Christ Carrying the Cross to his crucifixion.
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Statues preside from above as crowds gather and Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass In St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS waves to pilgrims during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS opens a ''Holy Door'' at St Peter's basilica to mark the start of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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Cardinal JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO, 75 year old, Argentinian, becomes Pope FRANCIS at the conclusion of the papal conclave. He is first pope from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first Latin American, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside of Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
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POPE FRANCIS leads liturgy for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Francis said women who've had an abortion can seek forgiveness from priests from the church.
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Light catches the pontiff's silver cross as POPE FRANCIS gives his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. First audience of Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti as the new head of the Vatican gendarmerie after the resignation of Domenico Giani.
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Pope FRANCIS prays prostrate as he leads the Good Friday prayer Ceremony in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS celebrates the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS leads Pentecost mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS meets Patriarch Mar Gewargis III , Patriarch of the Church Assira of the East at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS greets and blesses visitors during an audience with the diplomatic corps at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS prepares to meet Switzerland's Federal President Johann Schneider-Ammann during a private audience, at the Vatican.
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Security guards keep watch as POPE FRANCIS greets well wishers during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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The faithful greet POPE FRANCIS during his Wednesday general audience at the Vatican.
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Nuns wave at the pontiff as POPE FRANCIS delivers Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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As security guards run alongside, POPE FRANCIS rides his popemobile during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS greets an excited crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Excited pilgrims in the crowd reach out to touch POPE FRANCIS as others take his picture during the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS embraces a nun, during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS loses his hat as he reaches to catch a baseball thrown by a pilgrim at the end of his weekly audience at St. Peter's Square. The 77-year-old pontiff urged an onlooking fan to throw him a baseball, despite his nervous-looking security detail. The ball bounced in the pope's right hand, before falling to the floor.
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POPE FRANCIS smiles as he meets about ten thousand engaged couples in the Valentine's Day in a special audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS has children release doves during his Angelus prayer on the day of peace at the Vatican.
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The wind blows the pontiff's cape during POPE FRANCIS weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Seen from above, POPE FRANCIS greets the faithful during the audience to the families of the Corte dei Conti in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS kisses a sick child during an audience for business consultants and accounting experts in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS is greeted by the faithful during his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Pope FRANCIS greets faithful in the rain during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS leans in to kiss a worried child during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS address members of Neocatechumenal way in Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican. Neocatechumenal way is rooted in the practices of the early Church and aims to help individuals live a more authentic Christian life.
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POPE FRANCIS tries to catch his 'zucchetto' cap blown off in the wind during his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS shares a laugh with clergy and faithful during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS spins a ball on his finger with help from the Circus of Cuba in Aula Paolo VI during his Wednesday General Audience at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS shakes hands with a man wearing a Spider-Man costume, who performs in hospitals for sick children, at the end of the weekly general audience at Sand Damaso courtyard at the Vatican.
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Holding a white cockatoo, POPE FRANCIS gives his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican. The cockatoo was presented to the pontiff by a performer dressed as a pirate from the Golden Circus who were performing at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS uses headphones and listens to a translation during the interfaith Prayer for Peace at the Colosseum in Rome.
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A pilgrim holds a cellphone with a picture of Pope Francis during the pontiff's Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS talks with a group of nuns during his Wednesday weekly general audience at the Vatican.
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POPE FRANCIS during the audience with UNITALSI volunteers and patients in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Italian National Union of Transport for the ill to Lourdes and International Sanctuaries, is a volunteer association that accompanies the ill, the disabled, the elderly and anyone in need of help to Lourdes and other International Sanctuaries.
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POPE FRANCIS (88) waves the faithfull the end of Mass for the Jubilee of Sick with this words: ''Happy Sunday to everyone. Thanks you very much''. After this Pope Francis gave his blessing to all those present.
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POPE FRANCIS greets the faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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