{"slug": "pope-francis", "label": "Pope Francis", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450675", "qid": "Q450675", "description": "266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)", "entries": 12, "years": 8, "span": [1655, 2025], "span_label": ["1655 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 9}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesuit", "label": "Jesuit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabian-peninsula", "label": "Arabian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-arab-emirates", "label": "United Arab Emirates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "russian-orthodox-church", "label": "Russian Orthodox Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "waldensians", "label": "Waldensians", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – The Piedmontese Easter Massacre of the Waldensians: Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy slaughters 1,500 men, women and children; this is memorialized in John Milton's sonnet \"On the Late Massacre in Piedmont\" and apologized for by Pope Francis in 2015.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#April–June", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the name Francis and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#March", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Pope Francis releases the encyclical letter Laudato si, dated May 24, 2015.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#June", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia (dated March 19) is published in the Vatican; it appears to amend the Roman Catholic Church's position on the availability of sacraments to Catholics who have divorced and contracted a civil remarriage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#April", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their schism in 1054.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#February", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Pope Francis abolishes pontifical secrecy in sex abuse cases; the move follows the Vatican's Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church months prior. The Pope also raises the definition of \"child pornography\" from 14 to 18 years old.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#December", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#February", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq. It is the first-ever meeting between a pope and a grand ayatollah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#March", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95, with his funeral being held in St. Peter's Square, presided over by Pope Francis and Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#December", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium, reforming the Roman Curia, is promulgated by Pope Francis, coming into force on 5 June.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#March", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church since 2013, dies at the age of 88. World leaders pay tribute. Many countries declare national mourning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#April", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7–8 – 2025 conclave: 133 cardinal electors select Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Francis's successor, on the fourth ballot. He takes the name Leo XIV, and becomes the first pope from North America, the first with Peruvian or U.S. citizenship, and the first from the Order of Saint Augustine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#May", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › May"}}]}