VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Right from the start, upon his election, Pope Francis presented a whole new style of being pontiff.
The way he spoke to the vast crowd after his election March 13, 2013, was familial and down-to-earth, beginning with, “Brothers and sisters, good evening,” and ending with “We’ll see each other soon!” and “Have a good night and sleep well!”
This photo gallery explores just a few images from his 10 year pontificate since 2013.
Pope Francis bows his head in prayer during his election night appearance on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 13, 2013. The crowd joined the pope in silent prayer after he asked them to pray that God would bless him. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is pictured walking through a subway turnstile in Buenos Aires in 2008. (OSV News photo/Diego Fernandez Otero handout via Reuters)
El Papa Francisco usa incienso mientras celebra la Misa de la festividad de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en la Basílica de San Pedro en el Vaticano el 12 de diciembre de 2020. (Foto CNS/Paolo Galosi, grupo de prensa)
Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the Mass for the canonization of St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II in this file photo from April 27, 2014. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sept. 20, 2019, at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica to inaugurate the Jubilee Year of Mercy at the Vatican Dec. 8, 2015. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis waves from his Popemobile during a papal motorcade in Krakow, Poland, during World Youth Day 2016. (Photo by James Ramos/Herald)
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston as the pope walks with President Barack Obama upon his arrival to Joint Base Andrews outside Washington Sept. 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-US-ARRIVE Sept. 22, 2015.
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner look on in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis blesses a prisoner as he visits he Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo. In Washington the pope visited the White House and made history as the first pope to address Congress; in New York he spoke at the U.N. and visited ground zero; in Philadelphia he led the World Meeting of Families. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis waves from the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia during his U.S. papal visit for the World Meeting of Families in September of 2015. (Photo by James Ramos/Herald)
A U.N. peacekeeper stands guard as Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with the Muslim community at the Koudoukou mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, in this Nov. 30, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis embraces a female prisoner as he visits Cereso prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-MEXICO-PRISON Feb. 17, 2016.
Pope Francis arrives to pray at a cross on the border with El Paso, Texas, before celebrating Mass at the fairgrounds in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17, 2016. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
In this 2016 file photo, Pope Francis walks with World Youth Day pilgrims as he arrives for a prayer vigil at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-PANAMA-MESSAGE Nov. 21, 2018.
Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate April 13, 2017, at Paliano prison outside of Rome as he celebrates Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper. The pontiff washed the feet of 12 inmates at the maximum-security prison. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis greets people as he visits the Mother Teresa House in the Tejgaon neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 2, 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis arrives to lead the World Youth Day prayer vigil at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-PANAMA-WYD-VIGIL Jan. 26, 2019.
Pope Francis blesses the crowd with the monstrance during the World Youth Day prayer vigil at St. John Paul II Field in Panama City Jan. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-PANAMA-WYD-VIGIL Jan. 26, 2019.
Pope Francis wears a traditional Japanese shirt he received as a gift during a meeting with young peopleat St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 25, 2019. The pope’s trip to Thailand and Japan was his lastbefore the COVID-19 pandemic forced him to postpone his travels in 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis holds the monstrance as he delivers his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) during a prayer service in the portico of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 27, 2020. The service was livestreamed in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis arrives in a golf cart to visit the destroyed Al-Tahera Syriac Catholic Church in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis dons a traditional Indigenous headdress during a meeting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, Canada, July 25, 2022. The pope travelled to Canada on a "penitential pilgrimage" and apologized for the role of Catholics in operating residential schools for Indigenous Canadians where physical and sexual abuse was commonplace.(CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome in this March 7, 2019, file photo. This year the pope will celebrate the opening of the "24 Hours for the Lord" Lenten prayer initiative, which includes the availability of confessions, at a parish in Rome March 17. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis leaves the Sistine Chapel after being elected pope and shortly before appearing for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 13. The 76-year-old Jesuit became the first Latin American pope and will be installed March 19 as the leader of the world's more than 1 billion Catholics. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Pope Francis leaves the Sistine Chapel after being elected pope and shortly before appearing for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 13. The 76-year-old Jesuit became the first Latin American pope and will be installed March 19 as the leader of the world's more than 1 billion Catholics. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Pope Francis delivers his Easter blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 31. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Pope Francis appears for the first time on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 13. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff. He is the first Jesuit and first Latin American pope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis waves from his window during his Angelus address in February 2022.
