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Pope Francis, groundbreaking leader of Catholic Church, dies at age 88

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Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday , a day after Easter .

He had experienced a number of health issues in recent years , including twoand several serious.

Francis set the tone with his first official act as pope , reversing a centuries-old tradition — by asking for help.

He became one of the most popular public figures in the world.

Francis abolished the top-level confidentiality of the "pontifical secret," which had shrouded the sex abuse crisis in yet another layer of systemic secrecy.

Francis ' simple style was a product of his humble beginnings.

He was born in 1936 to an immigrant Italian railway worker and a housewife in Buenos Aires , Argentina .

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