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Pope Francis died on Monday morning, according to the Vatican. He was 88 years old and held the papacy for 12 years.

Pope Francis, a spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide and a transformative figure within the Roman Catholic Church, died early Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

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but he didn't travel to Massachusetts during the visit. The last time the head of the Catholic Church visited the Bay State was in October 1979, when Pope John Paul II presided over mass on Boston ...