Pope Francis, leader of the world’s 1.4bn Catholics, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announced on Monday, weeks after he returned home from hospital having battled double pneumonia.
In his last public appearance on Sunday, he had greeted the faithful to wish them a happy Easter, and also had a brief audience with US vice-president JD Vance.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, a senior Vatican official, announced that the pope had died at 7.35am on Monday.
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