Pope Francis’ official cause of death revealed in announcement from Vatican

Pope Francis, 88, died connected Easter Monday of a changeable and cardiac arrest, according to an announcement from the Vatican.

Fox News’ Alex Hogan confirmed successful an on-air study that the Pope had a changeable successful the aboriginal greeting of April 21, went into a coma and past had a bosom attack.

The Pope’s decease follows years of ongoing wellness concerns, including a caller hospitalization for double pneumonia.

POPE FRANCIS DEAD AT 88 YEARS OLD

The authoritative decease announcement was made astatine the Pope’s residence successful the Chapel of St. Martha connected Monday.

A faithful holds a representation of precocious Pope Francis astatine the Basílica de San José de Flores, wherever helium worshiped arsenic a youth, pursuing the Vatican's announcement of his decease successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, connected April 21, 2025. (Gustavo Garello/AP)

Pope Francis served for 12 years and advocated for causes including migrant rights, clime alteration and LGBTQ inclusion, Hogan reported.

The time earlier his death, the Pope met with Vice President JD Vance successful Vatican City.

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While the Pope’s caller bout with pneumonia had sparked concerns astir his health, the stroke event that led to his decease came arsenic a daze among his faithfuls, according to reports.

Strokes are the 5th starring origin of decease successful the United States and a superior origin of disability, per the American Stroke Association.

Pope Francis is pictured successful Luxembourg connected Sept. 26, 2024. While the Pope’s caller bout with pneumonia had sparked concerns astir his health, the changeable lawsuit that led to his decease came arsenic a daze among his faithfuls. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty)

"Stroke is wounded to the encephalon from impairment of humor flow," Dr. Sandeep Kumar, a neurologist astatine the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center successful Boston, Massachusetts, antecedently told Fox News Digital.

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"A mean humor proviso is captious for the encephalon to relation usually and for the preservation of its structure. Interruption of the humor travel deprives the affected parts of the brain from receiving oxygen and different nutrients, with the effect that these tissues commencement disintegrating rapidly."

While determination are 2 main types of strokes, ischemic and hemorrhagic, ischemic strokes are the astir common, accounting for 87% of each cases, according to the association. 

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"Blood travel to the encephalon tin beryllium compromised erstwhile … a cerebral artery is blocked disconnected either by a humor clot oregon a plaque," Kumar said. "This is called an ischemic stroke."

 Strokes are the 5th starring origin of decease successful the United States, according to the American Stroke Association. (iStock)

In the lawsuit of a hemorrhagic stroke, the humor vas supplying the encephalon ruptures, starring to bleeding wrong the encephalon tissue, according to Kumar.

"Bleeding tin straight harm encephalon cells oregon deprive the surrounding tissues of receiving capable oxygen and nutrients," helium added.

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Fox News Digital’s Ashlyn Messier contributed to this report.