Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of faith and service in the Catholic Church

Pope Francis, who said on the night that he was elected pope that the cardinals “went to the ends of the earth to find a new bishop of Rome”, died in Rome on Easter Monday from a cerebral stroke, according to the Vatican, after a recent battle with respiratory illness. 

Pope Francis, the first Argentinian pope from the Global South, was elected on 13 March 2013. 

His service as the Bishop of Rome and the spiritual head of all Catholic Christians has marked a significant period in the Catholic Church’s life. Over his 88 years, Pope Francis lived in generous and creative service to God, the Society of Jesus (of which he was a member), the Catholic Church and, in his time as pope, the global community. 

Inspired by the example and spirituality of St Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jes...
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