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Five things that won Pope Francis followers, and earned him critics

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Pope Francis appears at a window of the Gemelli hospital before being discharged following a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025. [AFP]

"Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow, I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father." Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced on Easter Monday.

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