Pope Francis

Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday.  The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life was also mourning its most famous fan. The wider soccer and sports world paid homage after Francis died at 88. All…

This morning (April 21), the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died, aged 88, and now his cause of death has been released. The cause of Pope Francis’ death was a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican has said. Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the…

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday. The certificate, which was published by the Vatican, said the pope had fallen into a coma before his death early on Monday. He asked to be buried at…

Pope Francis died at 7:35 am on Monday. Following the death of Pope Francis early Monday morning, the Vatican has revealed that the Catholic Church’s head died from a stroke and heart failure. According to the Associated Press, the Vatican said that Pope Francis suffered a cerebral stroke that placed…

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church and a pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, died on Monday aged 88. He had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia in recent weeks but his death came as a…

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution. He was 88, and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia this…

News Newsday Reporter Monday 21 April 2025 A man touches a portrait of the late Pope Francis placed in one of the offices at the Catholic Church of the assumption in Lagos Nigeria, on April 21. AP Photo - Sunday Alamba PRIME MINISTER Stuart Young was among leaders who expressed…

Pope Francis drives through the crowds during the Inauguration Mass for the Pope in St. Peter's Square on March 19, 2013, in Vatican City, Vatican. The mass was held in front of an expected crowd of up to one million pilgrims and faithful who filled the square and the surrounding…

Last Updated: April 21, 2025, 23:52 IST Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was hospitalised for double pneumonia in February. Pope Francis passed away aged 88 on Monday. (Reuters) Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88…

Former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has paid tribute to Pope Francis who, despite being “a very sick man”, expended “his last breaths in last smiles of encouragement and pastoral care” on Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Square. Speaking to the Irish Independent, Dr McAleese said she had fully expected…