Pope Francis dies
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis died at eighty-eight after twelve years as head of the Catholic Church. His papacy reshaped the Church's tone on poverty, migration, climate, and pastoral outreach even as many institutional conflicts remained unresolved.
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