The Vatican said in a statement later Monday that Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

Pope Francis was the first Latin American pontiff to lead the Roman Catholic Church after taking over from Pope Benedict XVI ...

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to ...

Pope Francis dies aged 88 after double pneumonia battle - Pope Francis spent 12 years at the helm of the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double ...

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88, a number of rituals and formalities must take place before the election ...

He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Francis has died. The first Jesuit pope and first Latin American pope has died, at age 88, after a 12-year papacy in ...

[Editor’s note: Pope Francis I has died, just one day after greeting the usual Easter crowds in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s ...