Francis

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Introduction & Top Questions
Early life and career
Papacy
- The first “Pope Francis”
- Pronouncements on sexual ethics and clergy sexual abuse
- Evangelii gaudium: the church as a “field hospital”
- Laudato si’
- Amoris laetitia, catechism changes, and ecumenism
- Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon region
- COVID-19 pandemic and Fratelli tutti
- Health issues, return to global travels, and apology to Indigenous peoples in Canada
- The Synod on Synodality, Fiducia supplicans, and Dilexit nos
- Jubilee Year, Hope, and criticism of U.S. immigration policies
- Hospitalization and death

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Also Known As	Francis I • Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born	December 17, 1936 • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Died	April 21, 2025 (aged 88) • Vatican City
Title / Office	pope (2013-2025)
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025)

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