Breaking news. Pope Francis dies at 88, the Vatican says

 

The pontiff had recently had a lengthy stay in a Rome hospital suffering from double pneumonia.

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.

In a post on the social media platform X, the Vatican said only that the pontiff had dies in his residence.

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