Biography
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death. He was the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pope Francis licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2025
- Sexist Man Alive · 2021
- Bambi Award · 2016
- Charlemagne Prize · 2016
- Grand Collar of the Order of the Andes' Condor · 2015
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- Gold Olympic Order · 2013
- Time Person of the Year · 2013
- Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
- Order of Pius IX
- Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Order of St. Sylvester
- Order of the Golden Spur
- Order of the Smile
- Supreme Order of Christ
Filmography17 titles
Jonathan & Jesus
Before the Flood
The Two Popes
The Pope: Answers
Revelation
Francesco
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Stories of a Generation - with Pope Francis
In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis
60 Minutes
Beyond the Sun
Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life
I Am Greta
The Vatican Tapes
The Letter: A Message For Our Earth
Drawn This Way
Francis: The Pope from the New World