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My tribute to Pope Francis
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Emily Nelson2025-04-21T08:37:00
The world mourns as Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff dies after 12 years in the Vatican, aged, 88. Emily Nelson shares her tribute to the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Even in an increasingly secularising world, the pope impacts. As the leader of our Church, for Catholics he is a symbol of the faith that unites us, an important connection to Christ through his role, authority and lineage and a representative throughout the world.
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