Hours before his death, Francis — head of the Catholic Church for 12 years — delivered his yearly blessing for Easter as well ...

Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma, leading to heart failure, the Vatican has announced. The death was confirmed by Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, the head of the Vatican's health ...

"The polymicrobial infection, which arose on a picture of bronchiectasis and asmatiform ... Prior to his bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, Pope Francis had been hospitalized to treat bronchitis ...

The pontiff was also affected by a "previous episode of acute respiratory failure in bilateral multimicrobial pneumonia, multiple bronchiectasis, arterial hypertension and type II diabetes." ...