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Pope Francis: ‘I would like to see a church that is poor and is for the poor’

Cracking jokes and ad-libbing, the new pontiff addresses the world’s media and explains why he chose to name himself after St Francis of Assisi. Lizzie Davies reports from Vatican City As he walked on to the stage of the Vatican’s vast Paul VI audience hall on Saturday, Pope Francis was…