Pope Francis, originally Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born in Buenos Aires in 1936 to Italian immigrants. He studied to become a chemical technician and worked in food processing before joining the Jesuit religious order in 1958. He was elected pope in March 2013 and reigned until his death in April 2025.
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