Virginia Piccolillo, a journalist of the Italian daily “Corriere della Sera” on Monday that Pope Francis “woke up at 6 am and felt quite good”. An hour later his condition was to worsen.
Pope Francis is dead. He was 88 years old
Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88. “At 7.35 in the morning the bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to his father's house. His whole life was devoted to the service of the Lord and his Church,” said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerling of the Holy Roman Church.
The stroke, coma and irreversible cardiological collapse were the reasons for the death of the Pope – said Professor Andrea Arcangeli, director of the Vatican Health Service, in the official medical announcement.
The Vatican press office said that the transfer of the body of Pope Francis to the Basilica of Saint Peter and the tribute to all the faithful will probably take place on Wednesday morning.
From the beginning of February, Pope Francis had more and more problems with breath and voice, he could not read the texts of his speeches. Treatment at home in the Vatican did not bring results. Therefore, the Holy Father was admitted on Friday, February 14 to a special branch in the Gemelli Polyclinice in Rome. Four days later, the Vatican revealed that doctors diagnosed bilateral pneumonia with him. The Pope defeated the disease and left the hospital on March 23.
