Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church known for his efforts to promote peace, help for refugees and action on climate change, died Monday morning at his residence, the Vatican said. He was 88.
Francis, who in 2013 became head of the more than 1.3 billion Catholics around the world, was the first pontiff from Latin America and the first Jesuit pope. He was only the second pontiff to travel to Japan, visiting in 2019, 38 years after Pope John Paul II.
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