The audience took place in St. Peter's Square. Photo: Vatican Media

The world’s largest mural dedicated to a pope: Argentina unveils mural dedicated to Pope Francis

The mural’s creator, Martín Ron, is no stranger to large-scale urban art. Renowned for his hyperrealistic technique, Ron has transformed urban walls around the world into vivid portals of storytelling. But this piece, which stretches vertically up a building façade not far from the archdiocesan cathedral, carries particular emotional weight — both for the artist and for a nation that once called Jorge Mario Bergoglio its own.