Pope Francis: The world mourns

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A man walks past images of the late Pope Francis at a church in Quezon City, Philippines on April 21, 2025. (AP)
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A person stands in front of a wall of flat panel televisions where the news of Pope Francis passing away is screened, in Cape Town, South Africa on April 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Books of Pope Francis’ autobiography in the Korean language are displayed in a bookstore at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul on. (AFP)
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A nun holds an image of Pope Francis near St Peter’s Square on April 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Church workers prepare an ornament depicting Pope Francis ahead of a mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 21, 2025. (AP)
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Catholics pray at a church in Beijing on April 21, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis in the Vatican. (AFP)
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People stand next to lit candles inside the Church of Nativity, after the death of Pope Francis was announced by the Vatican, in Bethlehem on April 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Above, a mass is celebrated at Notre Dame Cathedral, to honor Pope Francis following his death, in Paris on April 21, 2025. (AFP)
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A portrait of Pope Francis is seen on the phone of a faithful while travelling in the subway heading to Buenos Aires Cathedral on April 21, 2025. (AFP)
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Updated 21 April 2025
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Pope Francis: The world mourns

Pope Francis, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, died at the age of 88 after battling illness. The pontiff earlier survived a five-week scare in hospital against double pneumonia that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.

Born in Buenos Aires as Jorge Bergoglio in 1936 to Italian immigrant parents, Francis was the first Latin American pope.

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