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Robert Francis Prevost Named 1st American Pope After Pope Francis’ Death


The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis’ death at 88 as the Vatican announces the election of the new pope after a secret conclave process

“Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a statement at the time. Farrell added, “With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the Triune God.” Shortly after news of his death broke, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis died after suffering a cerebral stroke, followed by a coma and “irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.”

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