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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. In St. Peter's Square today,

mourners gathered praying the rosary to remember Pope Francis, who died this morning following a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88.

Just yesterday, he celebrated Easter with an appearance and blessings from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica before riding in the open-air Popemobile through the crowd.

And Francis, the first Latin American Pope is being remembered by that

community. From Member Station WUNC, Aaron Sanchez-Gera has more.

Adzidi Lopez is a lifelong Catholic from rural Johnston County, North Carolina. She says the

world's first Latino Pope grew her faith.

It's just easier for the message to get to your heart, you know, instead of hearing it from a translator or, you know, just as soon as I heard him speak, it would just strike my heart right away. And I would just want to cry and just feel a sense of happiness and hope for the future.

Lopez says she'll honor Pope Francis through spreading the love of God with humility

in the unique way that the Pope did. For NPR News, I'm Erin Sanchez-Gera in Durham.

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was challenged before the Supreme Court today.

And Pearselina Simmons-Steuffin has more.

The case Kennedy v. B. B. B. Wood is about the ACA's rules that make preventive care, evaluated by a task force, fully covered by insurance companies.

The case was brought by a group of Christian business owners

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