Tributes pour in for Pope Francis as Vatican begins funeral rites
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died at age 88 from a stroke and heart failure.
(NBC)- As tributes continue to pour in for Pope Francis—known by many as the “People’s Pope”—the Catholic Church begins the solemn process of mourning a leader who pushed the faith toward a more progressive path. “Pope Francis had a way of getting the Church to think outside the box,” said Monsignor Francis Rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King,…