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Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88

NPR | By Sylvia Poggioli
Published April 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM EDT

Pope Francis has died at 88. He was one of the most popular pontiffs in decades, forcing the church to turn its attention back to the poor and disenfranchised and to clean up corrupt Vatican finances.

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Sylvia Poggioli
Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's foreign desk covering political, economic, and cultural news in Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe and the Balkans.
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