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The world mourns Pope Francis

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A picture of Pope Francis at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS/AAPIMAGE

The world has been paying tribute to the memory of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope and a transformative figure in the modern Catholic Church. He had suffered from double pneumonia earlier this year and died on Easter Monday [[21 April]] at the age of 88. His death came as a shock following his appearance in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, where he greeted crowds from an open-air popemobile.


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The world has been paying tribute to the memory of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope and a transformative figure in the modern Catholic Church. He had suffered from double pneumonia earlier this year and died on Easter Monday [[21 April]] at the age of 88. His death came as a shock following his appearance in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, where he greeted crowds from an open-air popemobile.



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