"Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta," the Vatican said in a statement on X on Monday.

A news release on the Vatican's website said he died at 7:35 a.m. local time.

Francis navigated several health-related issues during his life, including a respiratory infection that resulted in removing part of his right lung when he was 21.

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In February, Francis was admitted to the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection. Subsequent diagnoses showed that he had developed pneumonia in both lungs and that he had slight kidney failure.



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