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Local Catholic leaders, parishioners reflect on the life of Pope Francis
With Pope Francis passing at the age of 88, it is a time to reflect and to see where the Catholic Church might go in the future. Francis was a man known for his humility, simple lifestyle, and progressive stance on social issues. He was a Vatican leader who was equally at home with the powerful and the poor. But the Pontiff was not always so popular inside the Vatican and faced backlash from conservatives.