Pope Francis died from a stroke and a cardiac arrest. The official announcement of the Vatican

Pope Francis died from a stroke and a cardiac arrest, the Vatican officially announced on the evening of Monday, April 21, according to Skynews.

According to the same source, the stroke led to a coma and later to an irreversible cardiac arrest.

The announcement comes about 12 hours after the death of the Pontiff was officially communicated.

Francis was suffering from a chronic pulmonary condition and, in youth, was removed from a lung. Health problems have constantly affected his last years of life.

On February 14, he was admitted to Gemelli Hospital due to a respiratory crisis that evolved in bilateral pneumonia.

The hospitalization was prolonged for 38 days – the longest during his pontificate.

However, on Easter Sunday, just a day before death, the Pope appeared in St. Peter's Square to bless the thousands of believers.

What follows after Pope Francis's death and when he will be buried

The ritual of confirming Pope Francis's death will take place on Monday evening, at 9:00 pm (Rome time), in the chapel of his residence in the Santa Marta House, where the body will be initially deposited, according to EFE, quoted by Agerpres.

The Vatican spokesman said that this is a desire expressed by Pope Francis during life. Until it, this moment took place in the chapel of the Apostolic Palace.

Last year, the Pope simplified the funeral rites through an official document, in which he established, among others, that his body be deposited in the chapel of the residence and not on a catapult in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The coffin is to be exposed to the open public, not closed, as was tradition.

At the same time, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, being for the first time in the last century when a pontiff is buried outside the Vatican.

The decision was taken by Pope more than a year ago and reflects his devotion to the Virgin Mary and the special connection with this church.

Pope Francis's inanimate body could be moved to Saint Peter's Basilica from Wednesday, so that the public can pay a last tribute to him, the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni announced on Monday, but a formal decision in this regard is to be taken by a group of cardinals.