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What is it like to cover Pope Francis?

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, religion editor Daniel Burke looks back on a pivotal period in the life of Pope Francis, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

The man remembered today at a funeral in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, was once very different.

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Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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