Pope Francis dies at 88
New Delhi, April 21, 2025.Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican News confirmed. According to a report by AP, the Pope was history’s first Latin American pontiff.The Pope was suffering from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.
