Jamaine Punzalan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17452957002901745295698213.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p>Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience on February 12, 2025 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. Filippo Monteforte, AFP</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88.</p><p>His funeral is to be held later this week in the presence of worshippers and dignitaries before a conclave of cardinals is convened to elect a successor.</p><p>Here&#x27;s what we know about the circumstances surrounding Jorge Bergoglio&#x27;s death and what is to follow.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>FATAL STROKE</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, which later turned into double pneumonia that almost killed him twice.</p><p>He left hospital on March 23 and was due to undergo a strict two-month convalescence period.</p><p>But the Argentine made a series of impromptu public appearances, looking increasingly weak.</p><p>The Vatican announced his death early Monday morning.</p><p>Francis died of &quot;cerebral stroke, coma, irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse&quot;, according to a death certificate released by the Vatican.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/21/the-voice-of-god-filipinos-wrestle-with-death-of-pope-francis-2059">&#x27;The voice of god&#x27;: Filipinos wrestle with death of Pope Francis</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>LIE IN STATE</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>His body was laid to rest in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence on Monday evening. It is expected to be transferred to St. Peter&#x27;s Basilica starting Wednesday to lie in state.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>FUNERAL</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>There is no set date for a funeral yet, but it must take place between the fourth and sixth days after the pope&#x27;s passing -- so between Friday and Sunday.</p><p>A first gathering of cardinals is expected to decide exactly when on Tuesday.</p><p>The funeral mass will be held in St Peter&#x27;s Basilica in the Vatican, where Francis&#x27;s immediate predecessors were buried. But he asked to be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.</p><p>World leaders and faithful from all over the world are expected to flock to the city to attend the ceremony and pay their respects to the leader of the world&#x27;s 1.4 billion Catholics.</p><p>US President Donald Trump was the first to announce his attendance.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/22/as-world-mourns-cardinals-prepare-pope-s-funeral-1208">As world mourns, cardinals prepare pope&#x27;s funeral</a></div><div><strong>CONCLAVE</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The starting date of the conclave, during which 135 so-called &quot;cardinal electors&quot; will choose Francis&#x27;s successor, is not yet known either.</p><p>But it should begin no less than 15 and no more than 20 days after the death of the pope.</p><p>The cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel, a Renaissance jewel adorned with Michelangelo&#x27;s celebrated frescoes, and hold four ballots a day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, until one candidate wins two-thirds of the votes.</p><p>At the end of each session, the ballots are burned in a stove by the chapel, releasing smoke above the Apostolic Palace as the world watches.</p><p>If black smoke billows from a chimney overlooking St Peter&#x27;s Square, the vote has been unsuccessful.</p><p>White smoke signals a new pope has been elected.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/22/pope-asked-for-simple-unadorned-tomb-for-final-resting-place-1004">Pope asked for simple, unadorned tomb for final resting place</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div>RELATED VIDEOS: <iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/thDW52RBWNQ" title="Who might succeed Pope Francis? | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8gow3nGBDWE" title="Bells toll in St. Peter&#x27;s Square to mark death of Pope Francis | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BjCR9y2fC4" title="WATCH: Pope Francis makes brief Easter appearance, calls for Gaza ceasefire | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. Here's what we know about the circumstances surrounding Jorge Bergoglio's death and what is to follow. </p>

Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. Here's what we know about the circumstances surrounding Jorge Bergoglio's death and what is to follow.

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What we know following the death of Pope Francis

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