Pope Francis dies at 88, Vatican says
Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, has died Monday. He was 88.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-dies-at-88
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, has died Monday. He was 88.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/21/pope-francis-dies-at-88
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after suffering complications from pneumonia.
00:07The Vatican confirmed his death on Monday, bringing to a close of papacy that spanned more than a decade.
00:14Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camalengo of the Apostolic Chamber, confirmed his death at 7.35 in the morning on Monday.
00:23Francis was hospitalized on 14 February at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic with bronchitis.
00:28His condition was sending doctors diagnosed by lateral pneumonia on 18 February.
00:35After 38 days in hospital, he returned to Casa Santa Marta to recover.
00:40He will be remembered for stressing a different tone for papacy, stressing humility.