Miami, United States. – The Vatican He reported on Tuesday That the official cause of Pope Francis’s death was a cerebral stroke, followed by an irreversible cardiovascular collapse. This was certified by Professor Andrea Arcangeli, director of the Directorate of Health and Health of the State of the Vatican City, in the death certificate released by the press office of the Holy See.
“Pope Francis died at 7:35 in the morning in his apartment in the Santa Marta house,” says the document, which also indicates that the death was found through a tanatological electrocardiographic study. “I declare,” says Arcangeli, “that the causes of death, according to my knowledge and awareness, are the above.”
The medical report also details that the Pontiff had a history of health that aggravated his clinical status: acute respiratory failure derived from a multimicrobial bilateral pneumonia, multiple bronchiectasis, arterial hypertension and type II diabetes.
The Vatican press office released the document a few hours after the announcement of the death made by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camarlengo de la Santa Romana Church. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francisco, returned to the Father’s House. He dedicated his entire life to the service of the Lord and the Church,” said the cardinal from the Santa Marta house.
Francisco, who was the first Latin American Pope, led the Catholic Church since March 2013.
The Pope had been hospitalized on several occasions During the last year, the most recent for bilateral pneumonia that forced its admission to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome in March. Although he was discharged on the 23rd of that month, his state of health continued to be fragile. His last public appearance took place this Sunday, during the blessing Urbi et Orbiin which he was visibly weakened.
The Argentine pontiff will go down in history as a transformative figure, marked by his commitment to the poor, his impulse to the reform of the Roman curia and his constant call to mercy. His papacy was also crossed by internal tensions in the Vatican, as well as for gestures that challenged entrenched traditions, such as the openness to dialogue with other religions and the recognition of the role of women in the Church. In 2023, authorized officially to the church to bless couples of the same sexcivil marriages and de facto unions.
In his Relationship with Cuba, Francisco maintained a diplomatic position marked by the dialogue. He advocated more than once for the release of political prisoners, gestures interpreted as a sign of goodwill by the Vatican. However, your decision of Get together with the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel And their public silence in the face of human rights violations on the island generated criticism of Cuban activists and opponents, who reproached him not to have raised his voice in the face of repression and lack of fundamental freedoms.
The Pope’s funerals will be held in the next few days in the Basilica of San Pedro. According to Vatican sources, Francisco left specific instructions for his farewell to be carried out austerely and without great phases, in coherence with the sober style that characterized his pontificate.
