A day after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and making a public appearance delivering the benediction on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, 2025, 7:35 AM. He had been hospitalized for five weeks with life-threatening pneumonia before being released four weeks ago to recover in his own residence.
An update to the candidates emerging in the race to replace Francis will follow here.
Pope Francis dies aged 88 after overseeing one of the Catholic Church’s most tumultuous periods – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff Pope Francis — born Jorge Mario Bergoglio — has died, aged 88.
From the moment he stepped onto the Vatican balcony in his fresh white robes on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis established himself as a very different kind of pontiff.
“Good evening!” he bellowed to the crowd of 150,000 people packed into St Peter’s Square to witness this historic moment.
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