Pope Francis's nephew remembers father figure 'Uncle Jorge'

José Ignacio Bergoglio tells the BBC of the special relationship he had with his uncle who became Pope Francis.

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"When Jorge decided to accept the papacy, he understood his life as he knew it would change forever, and so did we," the Pope's nephew, José Ignacio Bergoglio, told BBC News Mundo.

"When we heard of his passing, it came with a certain comfort to the soul, because we knew our loved one was finally at peace, and once again, he was simply our Uncle Jorge."

Before he became the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born into a close-knit, middle-class household in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

The eldest of five siblings, he often described their bond as being "as close as the fingers of one hand."