Pope Francis

On Monday, April 21, 2025, the Vatican announced that, at the age of 88, Pope Francis died the day after Easter Sunday and a month after his release from the hospital for chronic lung disease. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in the Vatican. Farrell, an American, becomes the Vatican’s de … [Read more...] about Pope Francis passes at age 88; fought to make church more inclusive