Francis as a young man.
Pope Francis died this morning at the age of 88. He was elected Pope in 2013, after Benedict XVI retired. He was the first Latin American Pope in history and the first from the Americas.
Before becoming Pope, he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the first non-European Pope in nearly 1,300 years.
Francis, seen on the left with his brother Oscar, was born on December 17, 1936. He was the eldest child of Mario and Regina Bergoglio, Italian immigrants to Argentina.
The Vatican announcement comes as Pope Francis spent his final days in church service, attending Easter celebrations and making a high-profile public appearance. Shortly before that, he held a brief meeting with US Vice President JD Vance.
Francis with his parents in 1958.
CNN has prepared a photo material from his life from childhood to the last day of his life, when he appeared to give his message on the occasion of Easter.
Francis was ordained a priest in 1969. In high school he studied to become a chemical technician.
The future pope washes a woman's feet at a maternity hospital in Buenos Aires in 2005.
Francis poses for a photo during an Easter procession in 2000. A few years earlier he had become archbishop of Buenos Aires.
In 2001, Francis was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II.
Francis meets with Pope Benedict XVI, the man he would eventually succeed, while on a trip to the Vatican in 2007.
Francis takes public transportation before celebrating Mass in Buenos Aires in 2008. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio took the bus to work and cooked his own meals.
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