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However, many of those issues — among them the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, climate change and immigration — also put Francis on ...

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Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

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