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

After Francis returned to the Vatican on March 23 after a 38-day hospital stay, Alfieri and the pope's other doctors had prescribed him a two-month period of rest to allow his ageing body to heal.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, about four weeks after he was released from the hospital following an extended battle with respiratory ailments. While the Vatican did not immediately ...

J.D. Vance is paying his respects to Pope Francis. On Monday, April 21, the U.S. Vice President, 40, shared a statement on X ...

The Vatican also released a photo of the pope at prayer. During his hospital stay, the church celebrated the 12th anniversary of Francis' papacy with a Mass in his honor.

He had fallen into a coma before his death early that day. Earlier this year, Pope Francis was hospitalized for weeks after suffering a severe health crisis. After he was discharged last month to ...

Pope's death follows long hospital stay The Vatican, which does not perform autopsies on popes, did not specify a cause of death for Pope Francis in its announcement. Earlier this year ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided over the Catholic ...

Traditionally, after a pope dies, the carmelango, who is the pope’s chief of staff, calls out the pontiff’s baptismal name three times. If the pontiff does not respond, a certificate of death is ...

Pope Francis died on April 21 after suffering ... During the five-week hospital stay, the pope underwent procedures known as bronchoscopies to clear his air passages. The pope was also diagnosed ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from a dangerous bout with bilateral pneumonia, also had a brief meeting with Vice President ...

"All the findings to date are indicative of a complex clinical picture that will require an appropriate hospital stay," the statement read. The Vatican announces Pope Francis was hospitalized for ...