Pope Francis dies at 88. See photos of his legacy through the years.
Pope Francis charmed the world with his humble style and .
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FILE - Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis poses a group of faithful and bishops from Shanghai during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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FILE - Pope Francis greets faithful after celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Migrant and Refugee World Day, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gives a Mass outside the San Cayetano church where an Argentine flag hangs behind in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the Amazon synod, a three-week meeting on preserving the rainforest and ministering to its native people, at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis is flanked by Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)
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FILE - Former FARC rebel Carlos Juan Carlos Murcia, who lost his left hand, embraces Pope Francis during a prayer meeting for reconciliation at Las Malocas Park in Villavicencio, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis greets faithful after celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Migrant and Refugee World Day, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis twirls a soccer ball he was presented by a member of the Circus of Cuba, during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis waves from the popemobile as he rides along the Copacabana beachfront on his way to celebrate mass for World Youth Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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FILE - US President Barack Obama, left, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - Pope Francis, left, meets Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has emerged from his self-imposed silence inside the Vatican to publish a lengthy letter to one of Italy's most well-known atheists. In it, he defends his record on handling sexually abusive priests and discusses everything from evolution to theology to the figure of Jesus Christ. Excerpts of the letter were published Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 by La Repubblica, the same newspaper which just two weeks ago published a similar letter from Pope Francis to its own atheist publisher. The letters indicate the two men in white, who live across the Vatican gardens from one another, are pursuing a collaborative campaign of sorts to engage non-believers. (AP Photo/Pool Photo via AP, file)
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FILE - Pope Francis tries to catch his cap as wind blew it away while arriving for his weekly general audience in the St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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FILE - Pope Francis presides the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88