The 88 year-old Pope had entered the hospital on February 14 to receive treatment for pneumonia and a complex lung infection. In recent years, Francis had overcome numerous health problems, even though knee and sciatica ailments had restricted his movement during public appearances… often a wheel chair . Even so, he kept up an active […]
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Pope Francis has died.
The 88 year-old Pope had entered the hospital on February 14 to receive treatment for pneumonia and a complex lung infection. In recent years, Francis had overcome numerous health problems, even though knee and sciatica ailments had restricted his movement during public appearances… often a wheel chair . Even so, he kept up an active global travel schedule, as recently as last December, to Corsica. Born in Buenos Aries, Argentina, he became Pope after a conclave’s election in March 2013, following the rare resignation of Pope Benedict that year on February 28.