VATICAN CITY — Three days after white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in March 2013, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires greeted the international press inside a cavernous Vatican audience hall. As he rose from a richly upholstered armchair, a pair of well-worn black shoes peeked out from underneath his new papal robes.
Pope Francis, whose humility and empathy reshaped the papacy, dies at 88
He made few changes to Catholic doctrine, but his inclusive style inspired adoration and provoked criticism.
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