Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically reorienting the papacy’s posture toward homosexuality and modestly

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis, the groundbreaking Roman Catholic Church leader praised around the world as a humble and charismatic liberal leader, died on Easter Monday at age 88.