Pope Francis reached out to migrants, LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

SOME takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday:

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Background

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country's murderous dictatorship from 1976-83.

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevat-ed to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot.

Francis’ Firsts — The first pope from the Americas.

— The first from the Jesuit order to be elected pope.

— The first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.

— The first to visit Iraq, meet-ing its top Shiite Muslim cleric in 2021.

Humility and simplicity