# The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died from a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. The 88-year-old Pontiff passed away on Monday morning. The Vatican also shared the Pope’s final testament, where he requested to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major, rather than at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, where many previous Pontiffs have been laid to rest. He also requested that his resting place bear the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.
Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent heart failure