{"id":5522,"date":"2025-04-21T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T09:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T09:43:44","slug":"pope-francis-is-dead-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/04\/21\/pope-francis-is-dead-dies-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis is dead, Dies At 88,"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, has died.<\/p>\n

Francis died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced.<\/p>\n

In a post on the social media platform X, the Vatican said the pontiff died in his residence.<\/p>\n

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Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was elected pope on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

He had recently survived a serious bout of double pneumonia.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear brothers and sisters, I must announce with profound sadness the death of our Holy Father Francis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,\u201d Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on the Vatican\u2019s TV channel.<\/p>\n

Pope faced fierce criticism from conservatives, who accused him of trashing cherished traditions.<\/p>\n

He also drew the ire of progressives, who felt he should have done much more to reshape the 2,000-year-old Church.<\/p>\n

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