Pope Francis Dies at 88

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Pope Francis

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Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dies at 88

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Pope Francis was the first person from outside Europe selected to lead the church in nearly 1,300 years .

He was elected the church's 266th pope after the retirement of Benedict XVI in 2013 .

Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the middle-class neighborhood of Flores in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936 .

Francis presided over the Catholic Church during a time of rising tension.

He was hospitalized again in late March 2023 and treated for bronchitis. He quipped to journalists before being driven away that he was "still alive." Just over two months later , he had surgery to repair a hernia..

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