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As church bells tolled across the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike mourned a pontiff who pushed for change.

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People stand next to a photograph of Pope Francis placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April ...

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After his last appearance on Easter Sunday at the Vatican, Pope Francis passed early Monday morning of heart failure after ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice Biennale.

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Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair, helped by his personal nurse Massimiliano Streppetti, at the end of a mass in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday April 6 (Andrew Medichini/AP ...