Pope Francis died from a stroke followed by heart failure, Vatican says
Pontiff had requested simple burial ‘without particular decoration’ at Rome church rather than beneath St Peter’sDeath of Pope Francis – latest updatesPope Francis obituaryPope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent heart failure, the Vatican has said in a statement, revealing that the pontiff had requested to be buried “in the ground, without particular decoration”.The 88-year old pope, revered by millions of Catholics around the world, died at 7.35am in his apartment at Casa Santa Marta on Monday. His cause of death was confirmed through an ECG test, the Vatican said. Continue reading...

Pontiff had requested simple burial ‘without particular decoration’ at Rome church rather than beneath St Peter’s
Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent heart failure, the Vatican has said in a statement, revealing that the pontiff had requested to be buried “in the ground, without particular decoration”.
The 88-year old pope, revered by millions of Catholics around the world, died at 7.35am in his apartment at Casa Santa Marta on Monday. His cause of death was confirmed through an ECG test, the Vatican said. Continue reading...