Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

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He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Francis died today following a long and public battle with pneumonia. He was 88. Francis still had a ways to go to ...

The first Jesuit pope and first Latin American pope has died, at age 88, after a 12-year papacy in which he advocated for the ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

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

[Editor’s note: Pope Francis I has died, just one day after greeting the usual Easter crowds in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s ...