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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Here are key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday:. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children ...