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Pope Francis's life in pictures
Pope Francis has died after leading the Roman Catholic Church for more than a decade. His last public appearance was on the ...
Francis, a pope of many firsts: 5 essential reads
Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...
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Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to ...
Pope Francis passes away at 88, on Easter Monday
At the Vatican, he became the first Jesuit pope and moved quickly to modernize the Catholic Church with a slate of ...
Pope Francis—A Moderate Voice For Catho,licism—Dies At 88
Bergoglio chose Francis as his papal name just moments after Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes urged him not to forget the ...
Pope Francis dies: an unconventional pontiff who sought to modernise Catholicism
In many ways, Pope Francis embodied a tension at the heart of Catholicism in the 21st century: too liberal for some Catholics and not liberal enough for others. As such, his attempts at reform ...
Francis: Traditional Pope from Latin America who changed Catholic Church
His predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first Pope to retire voluntarily in almost 600 years and for almost a decade the ...