Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the hospital.

Francis, 88, has made a few public appearances since the asthma-like health crisis, including a final one on Easter Sunday when he appeared to thousands of Catholics outside the Vatican. Since his discharge in late March,

Pope Francis died on Monday at age 88, just weeks after he was discharged from the hospital after a lengthy stay.