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Pope Francis has died at 88. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first pope from the Americas, was known as the 'People's Pope' and ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church during his 12-year papacy.

The process for selecting a new pope to lead more than one billion Catholics worldwide comes down to an ancient voting ritual, cloaked in secrecy. CBC's Ellen Mauro explains how the conclave works.

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the U.S. over the weekend to denounce President Donald Trump's deportation policies, calling them the end of due process. At the same time, the Supreme Court blocked the removal of migrants the White House planned to deport under a wartime law.