Washington, April 21, 2025 (AFP) - Ex-US president Biden says Pope among 'most consequential leaders'

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2025-04-21

Former US president Joe Biden paid tribute on Monday to late Pope Francis, saying he was "unlike any who came before him" and hailing his record of fighting for peace and equity. "Pope Francis will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time and I am better for having known him," Biden, a staunch Catholic, wrote on X alongside a picture of him and the Pope. bur-bjt/rmb ...

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