The cause of Pope Francis' death is stroke and heart failure...Serie A matches postponed amid world mourning
Apr 22, 2025
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On the afternoon of the 21st, Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, director of the Vatican Health and Sanitation Bureau, released an official medical report on the death of the pope.
According to a medical report, the pope had underlying conditions such as acute respiratory failure due to bilateral pneumonia, multiple bronchiectasis, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.
The pope had suffered from respiratory diseases throughout his life, such as cutting off part of his right lung due to pleurisy in 1957, when he was 21 years old, and after 38 days of treatment for pneumonia in both lungs from February 14 this year, he was discharged from the hospital on the 23rd of last month and was recovering. Medical staff said electrocardiogram records confirmed the pope's death.
The world is saddened by the sudden death of the Pope, as he has resumed his activities, including attending the late Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square the day before his death.
Mourning is also underway. According to local media, 88 bells rang at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on the 21st to honor Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88. Spain, which has a strong Catholic tradition, has declared a three-day mourning period in memory of the Pope, while Pope Francis' motherland, Argentina, and neighboring Brazil have also decided to hold a seven-day national mourning period.
Serie A, the Italian professional soccer league, postponed all games scheduled for the day to the 23rd, and players from Real Madrid, Spain's professional football, held a minute's silence in hopes of Pope Francis's death before training.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who ordered early hoisting of public buildings in the U.S., also announced on social media (SNS) on the 21st that he would go to a funeral in Rome with his wife Melania. President Trump has been at odds with the Pope, who has publicly criticized hardline immigration policies.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis, who has rejected the pope's symbols of red shoes and colorful residences and has pursued purity by living frugally in common accommodation in Vatican City, urged a simple funeral. Pope Francis left a will to bury in a simple tomb without any special decoration in the basement of Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore, the Vatican said in its will. Of the 265 previous popes, 148 were enshrined in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
The Vatican said the pope asked for no special decorations on the tomb, but wanted the pope's name engraved in Latin (Franciscus).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
