“I certify that his holiness Francisco (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on December 17, 1936, resident in the city of the Vatican, citizen of the Vatican, He died at 7.35 on 04/21/2025 on his floor of Domus Santa Marta (Vatican City) of: An irreversible cardiovascular coma, coma and collapse”, Says the official statement.
The Health Report also indicates that Francisco had suffered “A previous episode of acute respiratory failure in bilateral multimicrobial pneumonia; multiple bronchiectasis: arterial hypertension; type II diabetes; the finding of death was performed by means of electrocardioanatomic record.”
“I declare that, according to my loyal knowledge and understand, the causes of death are the above,” closes the text disseminated by the Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the State of the city of the Vatican, Andrea Arcangeli.
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Millions of people fire a religious leader who left a deep brand. He was the first Latin American pontiff in history and during his 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church generated a change in Vatican’s policypromoted social justice and was a world reference.
Francisco reappeared yesterday for the Easter Mass after being hospitalized weeks for a lateral pneumonia, which led him to a greater deterioration of his health.
Chosen in 2013 as the first Latin American Pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio starred in a pontificate marked by the institutional changes, the open dialogue and its preaching for the most vulnerable. Also for its resilience ability to an entire life of medical challenges.
A life marked by the disease, since you have a young age
Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, Bergoglio He faced health complications since the age of 21when a severe respiratory infection forced to remove part of a lung. Over time, he added heart problems, bile calculations and chronic sciatic painwho accompanied him even during his international tours.
In 2019, the Pope underwent Secret to cataract surgeryand in 2021 he went through a Intestinal intervention where 33 centimeters of colon were removed. Despite these setbacks, he continued with his trips and audiences, including visits to remote places such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Singapore.
The final deterioration and its last Easter
In February of this year, a bilateral pneumonia aggravated his general statuswhich resulted in several hospitalizations and a growing respiratory distress. Even so, Francisco maintained a limited agenda, including meetings with world leaders and figures of the cultural and media field, such as the president of CNN, Mark Thompson.
In his Last public appearanceparticipated from the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro in the Mass of Easter, where he gave the traditional blessing “Urbi et Orbi”asking for peace and religious freedom.
A legacy of faith, humility and perseverance
Pope Francis had left a Advance resignation letterin case your health did not allow you to continue. However, it never turned to her. According to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “he taught us that Old age and disease are not obstacles to serve”
Until the end, he remained faithful to his mission: to be close to the town, advocate for the marginalized and preach with the example. His pontificate will remain in history by the Internal Church Transformationits defense of the environment and its gestures of closeness, such as the washing of feet in prisons or the reception of refugees.
This Monday, after imparting his last Easter blessing, Jorge Bergoglio departed leaving a deep mark in the heart of the Catholic Church and the world.
Source: Ambito
