Pope Francis is dead at 88

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, has died

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, died Monday. He was 88.

Pope Francis, pictured on Oct. 8, 2014. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

During his 12-year pontificate, he recorded several other firsts. He was the first pope to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress, the first to call for civil union laws an…