Pope Francis has died at age of 88, Vatican announces
Pope Francis has died at age of 88
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement, this morning, Monday 21 April.
He was 88, and had recently survived a serious bout of double pneumonia.
Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the death.
The senior official said on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father.
