Pope Francis has died at 88.

[Jermayn]

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88 - Vatican News

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

www.vaticannews.va

 

[Neckelehamiah]

Sleep in Heavenly peace Pope Francis. This world will miss you.

 

[Jamdoc]

Wow. I'm not a Catholic or anything but I found it pretty miraculous he recovered from that Bronchitis that kept him laid up in the Hospital for so long. I didn't think he was going to make it out of there. But he made it out, was discharged, was making public appearances and did a service for Easter.. then passes away the next day.

 

[Neckelehamiah]

When people are sick usually there’s signs that show they will die soon. One of those signs is recovery.

The pope had an amazing day yesterday. It was that last burst of energy before he passed.

You see that a lot with cancer patients.

They have a spurt of energy and then they are gone the next day.

 

[Jermayn]

When people are sick usually there’s signs that show they will die soon. One of those signs is recovery.

The pope had an amazing day yesterday. It was that last burst of energy before he passed.

You see that a lot with cancer patients.

They have a spurt of energy and then they are gone the next day.

When I worked in a hospital for a couple of years, several nurses shared something remarkable with me. They said that some patients with advanced dementia, the kind where they no longer recognize themselves or others, would suddenly become lucid just hours before passing. In those moments, they would recognize family and friends and even hold full conversations. I never witnessed it personally, so I can’t verify it firsthand, but multiple healthcare professionals I worked with attested to seeing it happen.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

When people are sick usually there’s signs that show they will die soon. One of those signs is recovery.

So when a person recovers from an illness that is a sign they will die lol??

 

[Lost4words]

RIP Pope Francis...God bless him

 

[ozso]

When people are sick usually there’s signs that show they will die soon. One of those signs is recovery.

The pope had an amazing day yesterday. It was that last burst of energy before he passed.

You see that a lot with cancer patients.

They have a spurt of energy and then they are gone the next day.

I like to think God gave him a burst of energy for Christianity's most celebrated holy day before bringing him home. It's a nice ending to his legacy.

 

[Ignatius the Hermit]

Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88 - Vatican News

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

www.vaticannews.va

Pope Francis may have left the Church Militant, but lives on through this Easter season because our God and Savior is the ‘Resurrection and the Life’! What a dramatic way to close out his office in year that Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants celebrated Eastern on the same Sunday!

 

[AeTee]

God bless

 

[FireDragon76]

Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.

May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

Grateful for his leadership

Encyclicals | Francis

www.vatican.va

 

[Oompa Loompa]

He was a good man who loved God, the Church, and his people.

 

[Laodicean60]

So when a person recovers from an illness that is a sign they will die lol??

At 88, yes, just like when old people break their hip.

 

[FireDragon76]

When people are sick usually there’s signs that show they will die soon. One of those signs is recovery.

The pope had an amazing day yesterday. It was that last burst of energy before he passed.

You see that a lot with cancer patients.

They have a spurt of energy and then they are gone the next day.

When I worked in a hospital for a couple of years, several nurses shared something remarkable with me. They said that some patients with advanced dementia, the kind where they no longer recognize themselves or others, would suddenly become lucid just hours before passing. In those moments, they would recognize family and friends and even hold full conversations. I never witnessed it personally, so I can’t verify it firsthand, but multiple healthcare professionals I worked with attested to seeing it happen.

Yes, it's a phenomenon called terminal lucidity. It can occur days or hours before a person dies. It's often confused with recovery by people unfamiliar with the death process.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

At 88, yes, just like when old people break their hip.

Really? There was no mention of age...

 

[Laodicean60]

Really? There was no mention of age...

Come on, the dude was 88 years old. lol

 

[Michie]

Yes he was 88 years old.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Come on, the dude was 88 years old. lol

Age was not a factor mentioned in the OP...that was my point

 

[Laodicean60]

Age was not a factor mentioned in the OP...that was my point

Ok, and old people who break their hips recover and die shortly after. My mom, at 92, seemed to get better from her dementia and her speech from strokes, and was able to communicate with us normally for a short time, and I thought the Lord had healed her then she was gone.