<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p><em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> The Francis Chronicles newsletter will end with this edition. National Catholic Reporter thanks our readers for joining us as we followed Pope Francis' remarkable papacy. We conclude with a special retrospective on "Francis, the comic strip" from cartoonist Pat Marrin. </em></p>
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