Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a transformative figure in the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. According to the Vatican's official medical bulletin, the Holy Father suffered a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and was later followed by an irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse. The pontiff passed away in the early hours of Monday at Casa Santa Marta, his residence within Vatican City.
