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A man whose face and head was deformed due to a rare disease and who was famously embraced by Pope Francis soon after his pontificate started in 2013 died in a northern Italian hospital after a long .illness on Wednesday. (ANSA)
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Pope Francis waves from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica following his election March 13, 2013. March 13, 2021, marked the eighth anniversary of the Argentine cardinal's election as pope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Eight years ago today, Pope Francis emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Square for the first time, clad not in the red ermine cape and new red loafers prepared for the next pope, but in a simple white cassock and his old black orthopedic shoes. His simple apparel set the tone for what would become a whirlwind papacy including 52 papal trips, six major documents, three...