{"id":236829,"date":"2025-04-21T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-look-back-at-the-life-and-legacy-of-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:05:04","slug":"a-look-back-at-the-life-and-legacy-of-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-look-back-at-the-life-and-legacy-of-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back at the life and legacy of Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/crzQv-CC104\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"A look back at the life and legacy of Pope Francis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crzQv-CC104\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis, the pontiff whose popular appeal reached far beyond his global congregation, has died at the age of 88. Francis died after being admitted to Rome&#8217;s Gemelli hospital on 14 February with what was subsequently diagnosed as a respiratory tract infection and pneumonia. During his 12-year papacy, Francis \u2013 the first Jesuit pope \u2013 was a vocal champion of the world\u2019s poor, dispossessed and disadvantaged, and a blunt critic of corporate greed and social and economic inequality. Within the Vatican, he criticised extravagance and privilege, calling on church leaders to show humility. His death is likely to exacerbate sharp divisions within the curia, with conservatives seeking to wrest control of the church from reformers.<br \/>\n News story on Pope&#8217;s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis, the pontiff whose popular appeal reached far beyond his global congregation, has died at the age of 88. 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