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Pope Francis

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, pope from 2013 to 2025 and the first Latin American pontiff.

«Care for our common home, for the poor and for migrants.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Pope Francis sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on immigration: strongly towards “openness”; religion: strongly towards “religion”; environment: strongly towards “ecology”; foreign policy: strongly towards “pacifism”. On state and method it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is democratic catholicism (90%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

Democratic CatholicismThe Framer90%Communitarian personalismThe Community Steward90%Christian democracyThe Weaver77%

Closest parties in Europe

DENKNetherlands84%Plefsi EleftheriasGreece67%ELASGreece66%Movimento 5 StelleItaly60%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.