In the midst of recent days, marked by tragedies that have shaken the entire world, with innocent lives taken by the violence that persists and spreads, we have witnessed a symbolic moment of closure and transition: the passing of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis.

His passing represents more than just the end of a pontificate. It symbolizes the farewell of a figure who, from a global platform, insisted on placing the marginalized, the forgotten, those who are redundant in the calculations of power, those he called "discarded," at the center of the international conversation. With a career marked by his Latin American origins, his membership in the Society of Jesus, and his social sensitivity, Francis not only reshaped the tone of the papacy: he gave it a relatable face, attentive to the ethical dilemmas of our time....