Pope Francis died today in the middle of the Church’s Jubilee Year – a sacred event that brings together Catholics in forgiveness and pilgrimage every 25 years. Now, the Vatican faces an awkwardly ...

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Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis was elected to the papacy on 13 March 2013 to succeed Benedict XVI.