Pope Francis dead at 88; first Latin American pontiff sought reform and championed mercy
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Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday.
The 88-year-old pontiff had overcome a serious bout of double pneumonia earlier this year and had been driven around St. Peter’s Square in an open-air popemobile on Easter Sunday greeting cheering crowds on the celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
