The Vatican said Pope Francis suffered a stroke and irreversible heart failure Monday morning.

The stroke reportedly occurred about an hour after he got out of bed.

Pope Francis’s official cause of death was a stroke early Monday, followed by a coma and a fatal heart attack.

Despite doctors urging him to rest, he spent his final day riding through St. Peter’s Square and offering the Urbi et Orbi blessing—his last gesture of love and… pic.twitter.com/3P8j8HkNDR

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“The Pope had a stroke early this morning, went into a coma, had a heart attack, and later passed away,” journalist Nick Sortor wrote.

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🚨 #BREAKING: Pope Francis's official cause of death has been released, per Fox News

The Pope had a stroke early this morning, went into a coma, had a heart attack, and later passed away.

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From the New York Post:

The pontiff had been ailing for several months, battling serious respiratory infections that left him with “a swollen face, almost deformed,’’ according to the Argentinian outlet La Nacion.

But he insisted on soldiering on, including when he visited inmates at a prison in Rome on Holy Thursday, sources told the outlet’s Italian-born Vatican correspondent, Elisabetta Pique.

After the jail visit, Francis was asked by a reporter, “How are you living this Easter?’’ the outlet said.

The frail pope replied, “I live this Easter as I can’’ — speaking “with great effort and difficulty.’’

He did not partake in the papal tradition of humility: washing the feet of 12 people, a re-enactment of what the Bible says Jesus did on Holy Thursday.

The Vatican announces the cause of death of Pope Francis, stating that the Pope woke up at 6am and suffered a stroke, he was no longer able to talk and died some 90 minutes later. pic.twitter.com/QSBwPXqV9p

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The Vatican reveals Pope Francis' cause of death was a stroke. pic.twitter.com/ele9bNPun7

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Per USA TODAY:

Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released Monday. The certificate, which was published by the Vatican, said the pope had fallen into a coma before his death early that day. The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.

“Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Farrell said in a statement on Vatican News. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father.”

The pope’s death comes one day after a frail but determined Francis greeted thousands in St. Peter’s Square after Easter Mass in his open-air popemobile − and just weeks after an extended hospital stay during which he battled bilateral pneumonia and other health issues.

The pope, who shunned pomp and privilege and loved to be among the public, sat in a raised chair in the vehicle as people cheered “viva il papa.” He stopped at several places along the square, much to the delight of the crowd.

“His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church,” Farrell said. “He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God.”

President Trump is expected to attend the funeral of Pope Francis later this week.

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