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The pope of my childhood

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Twelve years ago, I was nine years old, playing on the beach and savoring the final moments of spring break 2013. Unexpectedly, my mom shouted from her beach chair, “We have a new pope!” 

I dashed over to her chair, interested in this exclamation. 

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