We mourn the death of Pope Francis, a leader whose humility and compassion brought kindness, welcome and courage to our increasingly conflicted world.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, led the Roman Catholic Church into a new era marked by compassion, inclusion and commitment to global community. A champion of the poor, his voice of tolerance constantly sought empathy for migrants and those in need or danger.

In his final public remarks, delivered by an aide to a crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Easter, Francis summoned those virtues, which together were the defining themes of his papacy.

“How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized, and migrants!” the late pope wrote.

In recent months, even as he struggled to maintain a slipping grip on his own health, Francis was a sharp critic of the second administration of........

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