Pope Francis' ordinary shoes bring pride to his Argentine neighborhood — and his cobbler
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A photograph of the late Pope Francis sits in the window of the Muglia shoe store alongside the model of shoes that Jorge Bergoglio used in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman lights a candle by the confessional at the Basilica de San Jose de Flores where the future Pope Francis, known as Jorge Bergoglio, first realized his calling to become a priest at age 17, in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Alicia Gigante, 91, stands outside the childhood home of Jorge Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis, in Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Flowers cover the exterior of the childhood home of Jorge Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis, in Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A pair of shoes like the ones regularly worn by Jorge Bergoglio are displayed at Muglia shoe store in the Flores neighborhood where the late Pope Francis grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Juan Jose Muglia shows the shoe model, right, that was regularly worn by Jorge Bergoglio at the Muglia shoe store in the Flores neighborhood where the late Pope Francis grew up and where Muglia's father and grandfather attended the former pope at their shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Shoes are displayed at the Muglia shoe store where the future Pope Francis, known as Jorge Bergoglio, used to buy his shoes in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A photograph of the late Pope Francis is displayed at the Muglia shoe store where the future pontiff, known as Jorge Bergoglio, used to buy his shoes in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A religious statue of the Virgin is on display at the Muglia shoe store in the Flores neighborhood where the late Pope Francis grew up and bought his shoes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
The Basilica de San Jose de Flores, where the future Pope Francis, known as Jorge Bergoglio, first realized his calling to become a priest at age 17, stands in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman prays by a statue of Jesus at the Basilica de San Jose de Flores, where the future Pope Francis, known as Jorge Bergoglio, first realized his calling to become a priest at age 17, in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Women wait their turns at the confessional inside the Basilica de San Jose de Flores, where the future Pope Francis, known as Jorge Bergoglio, first realized his calling to become a priest at age 17, in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A photograph of the late Pope Francis sits in the window of the Muglia shoe store alongside the model of shoes that Jorge Bergoglio used in the Flores neighborhood where he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
