Pope Francis: The world mourns

Pope Francis: The world mourns
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A man walks past images of the late Pope Francis at a church in Quezon City, Philippines on April 21, 2025. (AP)
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Updated 21 April 2025
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Pope Francis: The world mourns

Pope Francis, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, died at the age of 88 after battling illness. The pontiff earlier survived a five-week scare in hospital against double pneumonia that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.

Born in Buenos Aires as Jorge Bergoglio in 1936 to Italian immigrant parents, Francis was the first Latin American pope.

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