All our content relating to Pope Francis – the 266th successor of St Peter. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., was elected on Wednesday, 13 March 2013, and took the name Francis. The Holy See announced that Pope Francis died at 7:35am, Rome time, on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025.
Pope Francis, Cardinal Pizzaballa, and Cardinal Nichols have called for 7 October to be a day of prayer, penance, and fasting for peace.
