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Pope Francis died from a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican have confirmed.

As seen in the 2025 Oscar-nominated film "Conclave," the process of electing the new Pope following the death of Pope Francis will soon begin. Here are the leading candidates.

Pope Francis decreed he would be buried in a simple underground tomb — with only “Franciscus” written on it — at St. Mary Major Basilica.

Pontiff had requested simple burial ‘without particular decoration’ at Rome church rather than beneath St Peter’s

Pope Francis died this morning (April 21) and the Vatican has announced his cause of death was a cerebral stroke.

The pontiff passed away in the early hours of Monday at Casa Santa Marta, his residence within Vatican City. The Vatican revealed the official cause of death.

Vatican publishes death certificate, pontiff’s request to be buried at Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome.

Australian Catholics are mourning and remembering Pope Francis as a man of simple piety who gave them hope for the church's future, after his death aged 88.

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch

Pope Francis has publicly clashed in the past with JD Vance, whom he met on Easter Sunday just hours before he passed away.

President Emmanuel Macron of France, a country that is largely Roman Catholic, lead the country's numerous tributes to Pope Francis who was "always on the side of the most vulnerable and the most fragile". The late pontiff, who died Monday aged 88, will be honoured with special masses in Notre-Dame…