Pope Francis Has Died at The Age of 88, The Vatican Has Announced.
The Pontiff, Who Was Bishop of Rome and Head of the Catholic Church, Became Post in 2013 After Hayder Benedict XVI Resignation.
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His death was an announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell He Said: “Dearest Brothers and Sisters, with Deep Sorrow I Must Annount the Death of Our Francis.
“AT 7.35am This Morning, The Bishop of Rome, Francis, Returned to the House of the Father.
“He Taught Us to Live The Gospel with Fidelity, Courage and Universal Love, Especially in Favor of the Poorest and Most Marginalised.
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Francis Dieed on Monday Morning, The Vatican Said, Just a Day After Greeting Crowds on Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Square.
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Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. Pic: Reuters
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In Recerns, HuSpital Hospital Hospital Visits and Concerns About His Health.
On 14 february, the pope was admitted to hospitis for bronchitis Treatment.
In the days that Followed, Vatican Said He Had Been DiagnoSed with Bilateral Pneumonia and That He Had Blood Transfuses After Tests Revealed He Had Low Levels of Platelets in His Blood
On 22 febras, it said the pope was in a Critical Condition After A “Prolonged Respiratiry Crisis” That Required a High Flow of Oxygen, and the Next Day the Vatican Said Francis Was Wasing an “Initial, Mild” Kidney Failure.
In the Following Days, Thoursands of Faithful Gathered in St Peter’s Square to Pray for His Recovery, AS OTERS WENT TO THE ROME HOSPITAL WHEER
He remained in the restors, which is the restors, the restors. “Complex”.
On 6 March, his body was heard for the first time being being being admitted to hospital in an audio Message, in what he said well-wisers, Before Ading: “I am with you from here.”
On Sunday, He Greeted Crowds at the Easter Sunday Service, A Day After Meeting Us Vice Presentant JD Vance.
His 38-DAY HOSPITAL STAY ENDED ON 23 MARCH WHEN HE MALE MADE HASTER IN FIVE WEEKS ON A BALCONY AT GEMEL WHEN HE SMILED AND GAVE A THRUMBS up to the Crowds GATHERED OUTSIDE.
He returned to the Vatican, Machinery A Surprise Stop at His Favorite Basilica on the Way Home, Bephore Beginning Two Months of Prescribed and Recovery.
Doctors Said Francis Would Have Access to Supplemental Oxygen and 24 -Hour Medical Care As Needed – Adding that the Pneumonia infection Had Been SuccessFully Treated, The Pontiff Would Continue to TAKE ORAL MEDICATION FOR QUIT Fungal infection in Lungs and Continue His Respirator and Physical Physiotherapy.
Thousands GATHERED in St Peter’s Square for a Series of Evening Prayers. PIC: AP
‘People’s Pope’
Born in 1936, Francis Was the First Pope from South America. His Papacy Was Market by His Championing of Those Escaping War and Hunger, AS Well As Those in Poverty, Earning Him The Monicer The “People’s Pope”.
In 2016, he Washed the Feet of Refugees from Different Religions at an Asylum Center Outside Rome in A “Gesture of Humility and Service”.
HE ALSO MADE HAYRİS KNOWN ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, from Climate Change to Wealth and the Role of Women in the Catholic Church.
His Acceptance of the LGBTQ Community Was UnpreCeneded
He Said: “IF a Persem and Has Good Will, Who Am I Top Judge Them?”
Howver, april 2024 he appealed to reiterate the Vatican’s Staunch Opposition to Gender Reassignment, Surrogacy, Abortion and Euthanasia, by Signing The Text “Dignitas Infinita” (Infinite Dignity).
In the Same Year, His Own Liberal Credentials Were Questioned After Reports he used a Homophobic Slur Behind Closed Doors.
Pope’s Health in Recerh
As a young man in his native Argentina, Francis Had Part of One Lung Removed.
In the Last Few Years of His Life, Francis Needed A Wheelchair Or A Cane to Get Around and Limited His Public Speaking Who Struggling With Bronchitis and Flu.
Francis First Spent Time in Hospital As Pope in 2021 For An Operation to Remove Part of His Colon.
In June 2023 he was admitted to hospitital for an operation on his intestine. At the time, The Vatican Said Had Been Suffering “Recurrent, Painful and Worsning” Symptoms Caused by an abdominal hernia.
His reward health is the mainly cacholic calendar, the traditional good Friday of the Roman Catholic Calendar, the Roman Catholic Calendar.
In 2022, he Indian HE MIGHT STEP DOWN IF HEALTH DEVEROROROROATED AFTER HE WAS PICTURED USING A WHEELCHAİR DUE TO Mobility Ossues Caused by A Flare -Up of Sciences.
His predecessor, The Late Benedict XVI, Became the First Pope to Resign in More Thhan 600 years in 2013 Interad of Serving for Life, and Dieded in 2022.
The Pope’s Original Name Was Jorge Mario Bergoglio and HE Previously Served as a Bishop in Buenos Aires.
An Estimated 1.4 Billion Catholics Across the World Will Mourn Francis’ Passing.
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