Pope Francis died on Easter Monday

Pope Francis, born on December 17, 1936, died at the age of 88. The Vatican announced this in a video declaration on Easter Monday. This ends the often turbulent twelve -year term of the native Argentine, which was characterized by divisions and tensions. “Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sadness I have to announce the death of our holy father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on Vatican television. “This morning at 7.35 a.m. the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the father’s house.” The Pope had recently survived a severe double pneumonia, but seemed visibly weakened in the Vatican at Easter prayer on Sunday and could not lead the fair.