By Lucila Sigal and Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentines lit candles in sorrow and shock on Monday at the death of their countryman Pope Francis, once archbishop of the capital Buenos Aires,

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming church.

Following the death of Pope Francis, people in his home country of Argentina are in mourning. "Argentina, a country with a long Catholic tradition and the homeland of Pope Francis, deeply regrets the death of His Holiness and condoles the Bergoglio family,