Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets with a group of South Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Juba, South Soudan, on February 4, 2023. Pope Francis renewed his ‘forceful and heartfelt’ appeal to end all conflict in South Sudan, and to resume the peace process ’in a serious way’, so that ‘violence can end and people can return to living in dignity’. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media / ABACAPRESS.COM