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Pope Francis is dead at 88

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, has died

The Pillar
Apr 21, 2025
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Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, died Monday. He was 88.

Pope Francis, pictured on Oct. 8, 2014. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

During his 12-year pontificate, he recorded several other firsts. He was the first pope to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress, the first to call for civil union laws an…

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