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Lisandro Concatti

Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, was elected Pope on 13 March 2013, becoming the first Jesuit and the first Latin American to occupy the throne of St Peter.

His papacy was marked by a strong focus on social justice, the fight against poverty and a call for global peace.

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