Subhead:The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis’s body will be transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, to allow the faithful to pay their respects.#
Pope Francis, the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church and its first Latin American pontiff, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. He died at 7:35 a.m. local time in his residence at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Francis was elected pope on March 13, 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
