Pope Francis died as a result of a stroke – Diepresse.com

Pope Francis died of the consequences of a stroke. The stroke led to a coma and an « irreversible » failure of the heart, it was said in the Monday evening of the Pope published by the Vatican. The spiritual head of the Catholic Church had died on Monday morning at the age of 88. Pope Francis was taken to the hospital in February for pneumonia, but was released on March 23. On Sunday he still took part in the Easter mass on St. Peter’s Square.

The papal treasurer, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, had informed about the death of the top of the church in the morning. « Dear brothers and sisters, with deep grief I have to announce the death of our holy father Francis. This morning at 7.35 a.m. the bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the father’s house, » the text said. The death of Pope Francis triggered grief and dismay worldwide and also in Austria.

Funeral ceremony on Saturday?

Meanwhile, thousands of people prayed on St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the dead Pope Francis. The « head of St. Peter’s Basilica », Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, directed the rosary prayer and at the beginning intended to the died Pontifex. According to insiders, the funeral ceremony on St. Peter’s Square could be celebrated next Saturday, said from Vatican circles.

The date is to be officially announced by the cardinal congregation that meets on Tuesday. Gambetti recalled the statement frequently used by Francis « Do not forget to pray for me » and called for the late prayer for the late Pope.

« In belief in the risen Christ, whom we celebrate on this holy Easter day, we know that death is not a door that closes, but the entrance to the heavenly Jerusalem, where the lawsuit is transformed into dance and the mourning clothing into a robe of joy, » says Gambetti. He thanked God for the gift of the service of Pope Francis. « We would like to entrust him to the merciful father, in a community with Maria, mother of the church, the queen of heaven, and on the intercession of the apostle Peter, » concluded the cardinal.

Pope apartment is sealed

The Pope’s apartment should be sealed on Monday evening. Not only the Santa Marta guest house in which Francis lived, but also that on the third floor of the Apostolic Palace, although the Pontifex had practically never used it.