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Buenos Aires' poor neighborhoods mourn 'slum pope' Francis
In the poor Zabaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, María Ayala walks the same streets ...
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Recoleta Cemetery
This beloved cemetery located in the ritzy Recoleta neighborhood is the resting ... For more information, consult the Buenos Aires government's tourism website. Buenos Aires City Private Tour ...
Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland
Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he ...
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People commemorate Pope Francis at Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires
A mass is on going in the Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th ...
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Pope Francis is viewed as one of the more informal and progressive popes in history.
“He advocated for the voiceless and powerless.” Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936, as the eldest of five children of immigrant parents who fled ...
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From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María ...
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From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina ...