In the poor Zabaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, María Ayala walks the same streets Pope Francis walked during his years as a priest to reach the local parish,

Pope Francis' beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, celebrated a Mass late Wednesday dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in emotional tributes to the first Latin American pontiff.

Dozens of people gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires to pray and pay homage to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, the “Pope of the poor,” as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge García Cuerva,