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The first pope from the Americas, whose drive to modernize the Catholic Church divided opinion, has died in Rome aged 88.

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Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88, after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church. Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell ...