Pope Francis passes away at 88
The Vatican press office announced that Pope Francis, a popular advocate for Catholic tolerance and regarded as one of the most relevant Argentine figures in world history, passed away at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis had been hospitalized for 38 days with a severe respiratory tract infection at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on February 14. Since then, he had suffered an asthma crisis as well as kidney failure, according to the Vatican. He passed away at 7:35 a.m. (Rome time), according to a press release from the Vatican. The first Jesuit pope born outside of Europe, Bergoglio became Francis on March 13, 2013, following Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation on February 28, 2013. The former Archbishop of Buenos Aires quickly became a popular figure worldwide for his reformist approach to some of the Catholic Church’s most conservative aspects. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:45
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