Rome: Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of Christians, has died at the age of 88.A statement issued by the Vatican City confirmed the death of Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the age of 88.Pope Francis was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church and had recovered and been discharged from the hospital a few days ago after a long illness. Pope Francis also met with people on Easter Sunday.
It should be remembered that Pope Francis’ name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he took over the office of Pope after the resignation of Pope Benedict in 2013. Pope Francis was previously the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.Pope Francis had been ill for the past several months and was hospitalized on February 14 due to severe respiratory distress. Pope Francis returned to the Vatican last month after spending 5 weeks in the hospital due to pneumonia.