Pope Francis, Promoter of a Compassionate Church, Dies at 88

Pope Francis during the Palm Sunday Mass.

Photographer: Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/Getty Images

Pope Francis, who encouraged Catholics to embrace a more compassionate view on many issues but found it difficult to close the book on past abuses by clergy, has died. He was 88.

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