Reuters, citing the Vatican, reports the death of the Pope Francis (supplemented)

Reuters reports that the Pope Francis has died today. He was 88 years old.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died, the Vatican’s video message said on Monday April 21, 2025.

Francis suffered from various diseases during his 12-year papacy. The Vatican reported: “This morning at 7:35, Bishop Francis returned to his father’s house.”

“Dear brothers and sisters, with a deep sorrow, I have to report the death of our Holy Father Francis,” said Cardinal Kevin Farrell on the Vatican TV channel.

Recently, a pontiff for a long time was in the Roman hospital, it was hospitalized with bilateral inflammation of the lungs.
The Pope Francis died at the age of 88. The Vatican on the social media platform X said only that the pontiff died in his residence. So far there is no other information.

The last appearance of the Pope: he greeted people in honor of Easter in St. Peter's Square.

Literally the day before was a meeting of the pope with Jay Di Wans. The vice-president of the United States, several years ago, went to Catholicism, met with Pope in the Vatican. The pontiff repeatedly criticized anti -immigration measures in the United States: the meeting is seen as a rapprochement between the Holy Thron and Washington.

Jay Di Wence met with Pope Francis in a house in Santa Marta, where the pontiff is treated after a 38-day stay in the hospital due to bilateral pneumonia.

Sources in the Vatican reported that the meeting, which lasted only a few minutes, made it possible to exchange Easter congratulations. The media characterize this meeting as a rapprochement between the Trump administration and the Vatican after Pope Francis has repeatedly criticized strict anti -immigration measures in the United States.

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