Takeaways about the life of Pope Francis
Francis' Firsts
— The first pope from the Americas.
— The first from the Jesuit order to be elected pope.
— The first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.
— The first to visit Iraq, meeting its top Shiite Muslim cleric in 2021.
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