India, April 22 -- Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, who passed away on Easter Monday, took his regnal name from Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century mystic who saw Christ in the poor, and lived up to the name. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents of Italian origin who had fled their home country to escape Fascism, took stewardship of the Vatican at a sensitive time with the clergy coming under the shadow of multiple scandals and navigated the church through choppy waters. His advocacy for economic equality and climate crisis mitigation, support for same-sex couples and immigrants, outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics riled the conservatives and radicals. He ordered action against priests accused of sexual abuse and changed the church law to end impunity for the offenders....