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In Pictures: The Argentine Pope who was a voice for the poor and marginalised

Pope Francis twirls a football presented by a member of the Circus of Cuba, during his weekly general audience in the Vatican in 2019 (AP) -

With humility and compassion for the poor and disadvantaged, Pope Francis led the Roman Catholic Church from his ordination in in 2013 until his death on Easter Monday.

The 88-year-old pontiff had emerged from his convalescence after suffering pneumonia just a day before on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

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